At Ashwell, the intelligence arrived at the evening briefing.
"The pinkskin thundermakers are empty," Sakh'arran said. "The last balls were fired at Ashford Junction. The thundermaker capability that the kingdom built over three generations of dwarven trade is exhausted. The boomstick ammunition is at twenty-six percent and declining."
Khao'khen sat with the information for a long moment.
The chieftains were assembled at the command table for the evening assessment, the daily briefing that Sakh'arran provided from the Verakh network's comprehensive surveillance. The briefing had been the same briefing for twenty-six days: the barbarians advance, the kingdom retreats, the ammunition decreases, the Horde waits. Tonight's briefing was different because tonight's briefing contained the specific data point that changed the campaign's strategic calculation.
"Empty," Khao'khen said.
