Obould has four wives and eight sons approaching adulthood. He expects that the time will come soon enough when he must fight his upstart children to defend his throne, and he is ready for it. His only true fear is that after he is dead, they will fight each other and everything he has worked for will rust away. In preparation for this, he trains his warriors to discipline and plans to take hold of much of the Spine of the World and also the lowlands to the south of it. This dreamed-of orcish empire would be large enough that he could grant a piece to each of his surviving sons, and his legacy would survive.
War is on the horizon in the north, led by a sharp-eyed barbarian with a sword of fire.
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