Firebrand - Chapter 657: Swift Negotiations

... ys of marching, five legions had the walls of Morcaster within their sights. All of them wore Asterian colours and carried banners of the Empire; many of the legionaries called the city their home. Every legion had been raised to defend Aster, fight for it, and expand its borders; now they viewed the capital as one would look upon a hostile city, to be conquered. The soldiers on the walls, defending their city, wore the same uniforms as the attackers; yet each side stood ready to kill the other. ...