The great council was already in session by the time octiva and Tomas arrived they took the backseat of the grand council room one council man raised his voice in discussion " the agustui demands are ridiculous he demands 1/3 of the exchange of merchants 1/3 of the value of the goods entering our ports all while he dose noting for rotküste building statues of himself" the council men let out a thunderous calp as they finished clapping a man came rushing to center of council he proclaimed " gentlemen we all know that that the agustui is supreme over all the prince" who are you to talk such nonsense one councilmen replied the man then rebuked " I'm the envoy of the master of princes the great protector of the sublime realm agustui rodolf if you dont obey the order of the agusti, gentlemen you will face consequences" octiva raised

her voice "tell your master rotküste is a free county and will not

Stand these actions" the man smugly replied " then agustui and the sublime army are prepared to take you in battle prepare your army to do the same" octiva replied we are prepared to defeat you" the man then said " in such a situation as such as these the agustui has a solution" the man took a paper out of his chest and said out lound " by the divine agustui by the supreme realm declares war on rotküste if you want to avoid same fate like like other countries face the might of the supreme Augusti submit profoundly apologize" the envoy then left the grand Council" the Councilmen were in disbelief but immediately start to plan their next move one Councilman said we should appoint stark the younger as Supreme commander octiva rejected that suggestion she said "starks father had given a lot to the Republic but we we should not assume that military competence comes from blood" the councilmen rebuked"start the elder was great so is his son we should put the suggestions to a vote" another Councilmen said loudly" everyone in favor raise your hands" everyone except six others raise their hands octiva was this dismayed octiva then said to Thomas we are walking into a disaster the Councilmen has selected a man to lead just because because is related to a great general" one councilman then instructed his octiva to find stark the younger the Council was then dismissed the octiva and Tomas then went about the town looking for stark the younger after looking around in the town in vain octiva asked a carpet shopkeeper if he had seen start the younger the carpeter yes I know him we used to drink all night there is a good chance you will find him at the pub towards the right the novince then went into the pub they find a man visibly dunk wearing military uniforms blabbering novince then asked if he was stark the younger the man replied enthusiastically yes I'm the son of the savior of palbaro pass the novince then said then sir you have been appointed the supreme commander of rotküste army stark then replied yes I humbly accept the role Supreme commander together we can defeat the enemy my name will not be in vain as he was saying those words he collapsed to the floor in a drunken state the novince were shocked by start the youngers state octavia then explained to Thomas that stark the elder was was the greatest general of rotküste and ever produced in the battle of the pass he defeated a rival army that was five times his size he was then proclaimed the savior of the Republic unfortunately his son has not lived up to the repetition of his father octivia then explained greatness is not by blood it is by one own work start then work up from his slumber and proclaimed we shall face them in the Battlefield prepare the Army and went to his slumber again Octavia and Thomas then left the pup to prepare for the upcoming battle

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