The Lord of the Fingers had been leading the right flank during the battle of the two eagles, under the direct orders of his uncle, taking command of the majority of the first wave of attack against the enemy's bulwark.
It had been reported that the Imperator's Specials had achieved great success against the enemy's right flank, routing a force nearly five times their size. They had fully expected the enemy's whole line to break, with them having the honor of acting as the force that was to deliver the hammer blow to Mesha's center.
What they had ahead of them was instead eight hundred men. Willios had three times their numbers, and yet the enemy fought as if each of them were five men, their defense a sudden, impossible spike of resistance that they had never expected.
