The SiegeThe trek resumed early in the morning. The war party reached the southern end of the lake and paused in a small, treeless glade. A broad, well-trodden path could be seen leading to the south. As they headed towards it, Kirre's group caught up with them on the edge of the glade. They had met a large group of southerners the previous night, and the battle that had broken out had claimed the lives of several Kainu. Only a few southerners had escaped their wrath and had run away, bloodied and bruised, to the south.
Now, an unknown land unfolded in front of them. The Kainu had fished in the great southern lake, but only a few older members of the southern Kainus had ever come this far. They stopped to discuss what to do next.
“Let's keep going south and burn everything in our path. T
