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.
It might be that the Lieutenant General
لعلَّ الضابط الفريق لا يودّ
Der Generalleutnant möchte sie wohl
nicht ins Landesinnere zurückschicken.
Puede que el teniente general
Puede que el teniente general
Quelqu’un ne veut pas
la voir à la capitale.
Probabilmente il Tenente Generale
non vuole rimandarla alla regione centrale.
O tenente-general deve ter algum 
propósito para não devolvê-la à central.
Должно быть, генерал-лейтенант