15 Moevyng, Year 7, Sixth Age
Master Alexander Dowling of the White Knights,
5th Company, Camp Anvil, Lake Crystalmere;
Preliminary Report on the Status of Camp Anvil
Your Majesty, Sedna, the Queen of Asgarnia,
Manfred Keenan, Grand Master of the White Knights,
The Fifth Company has arrived at its destination by the lake, Crystalmere, and construction of Camp Anvil has begun. Initial contact with the local community has appeared amiable and there are currently no signs of protest to our presence. We have employed loyal citizens of the realm from nearby farms and homesteads to help construct the camp in exchange for a fair wage, increasing the speed of aforementioned construction. We number some three hundred, currently. Morale appears to be high.
Camp Anvil is composed of several smaller encampments. There is a main camp, where the bulk of our company will reside, and several smaller nests scattered around the flanks of it, intended for our rotating sentries to watch for an advancing army; if one appears, then it will send word back to the main camp and trigger mobilization. In this regard, it acts as a beacon system. Each sentry nest as well as some patrols to and from the camp, or between these nests, is equipped with at least one hound. The camps, including the sentry nests, are all mostly enclosed by wooden palisades with ditches lined with stakes in front of them, to prevent an advancing hostile force from entering the camp. Each sentry camp has two openings, however most are in heavily defensible positions. Overall, the terrain is flat, as well as damp and muddy as it tends to rain, in this area. There are few hills, trees or other natural obstructions, so it would be difficult to take us by surprise here, were Anvil to come under attack.
At this point, I can report that our status is satisfactory.
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