The sower had managed to free himself and escape from the grasp of the rioters whom he had persuaded to rebel. He had failed to get the people to fight amongst themselves, but with the help of his accomplices, he had managed to convince a good number of miners, women and children that a better, and safer life was possible, if they allied themselves with the invader.
Many months before the attack, the sowers went around the city pretending to be disgruntled citizens, telling made-up stories about their misfortunes and trying to gain pity, to create a bridge to the citizens most distant from welfare. They had announced that a liberator would soon save them from the system, that only enriched the powerful and forced the weakest to work hard, with no possibility of changing their personal sta
