Charis yawned widely as she woke from a restless sleep. The militia volunteers had returned four days ago and since then everyone had been training hard. She and Onesiphoros had been working with the militia leader Kostagos Alexandros to learn the new tactics that they had been taught, and improve the defensive plans for the city.
Philotheos had discovered an ancient manual about defensive fortifications last month, and had immediately organized the construction of a defensive wall around a section of the city, since there was simply no way to build one around all of Calavius. Too many homes were built near the coast, and Philotheos was unwilling to disrupt those people's lives by asking them to move so that their homes could be demolished to build a wall. Instead they decided to build a
