Bad War

Yaroslav Volkov achieved a brilliant victory over the mountaineers, but that did not yet mean that the war was won. Today he is honored as a victor and a hero, presented with precious gifts and celebrated under the ringing of church bells, but it won't be long before one can expect betrayal. It is a bad war – the kind where no prisoners are taken and battles are fought to the last, and the knight has to fight not only against the mountaineers but also against those he has defended from the mountaineers. His new opponents, unaccustomed to fighting on the battlefield, already have a terrible weapon ready – slander, treachery, and poison…