War breaks out in the far north, as the Empire's oppression of the mountain people results in a terrifying backlash. With the one competent leader in the Northern Garrison assassinated, the ignorant garrison commander flings the troops headlong into a highly defended, mountainous position, with disastrous results.  Ikta and his friends are kept as part of the reserves for now, but it won't be long until they're thrust into the war as well.
A knight should be reluctant to point
his blade at a fellow imperial citizen.
ينبغي للفارس أن يتردّد عن إشهار سيفه
على مُواطن امبراطوري زميل له
Ein Ritter sollte niemals die Klinge gegen
die Bürger seines Landes erheben müssen.
Un caballero debería negarse a alzar
su espada contra un ciudadano imperial.
Un caballero debería negarse a alzar
su espada contra un ciudadano imperial.
Pour un Chevalier,
I cavalieri non dovrebbero mai essere ansiosi 
di prendere le armi contro dei compatrioti.
Рыцарю не охота обнажать меч
 против простых обывателей.