King Jordan Korg is very sick. He coughs gore. His urine stinks of blood. All the ambition of the gods-and yet, he is still a man. All the victories a great hero can have: The farmer who became an earl, the earl who became a king, the king who sailed across the sea to England, who led his people down the river to Paris. Here, at the walls, King Jordan Korg has never looked more defeated. His Sea Rovers bicker, angry and hungry and tired.
"I don't understand why we failed, King Jordan Korg," says Herbert. How far Herbert has fallen, too. Once, he was a great shipbuilder. He was to be Herbert the conqueror. But his ships burned; his battle was lost. “The others will try again tonight," Jordan Korg promised.
And so they do. The Sea Rovers have a new strategy. Call of Duty failed; time now f
