Battleground: Right 3km away from the Donets river, UL’s sector of operations Fading echoes of bitter struggle reached in consecutive bursts the remainder of the UC, whose majority was already heavily entrenched on the opposite side of the river. Through their outside lawyers seemed composed, in the face of the many screams of defiance from their comrades merely a few kilometers away, inside, deep in their hearts, a burning desire to enact vengeance brewed strong. A reinforced company had failed, scarcely putting a dent in Valentino’s downward stroke on Rui’s forces, yet they succeeded in instilling a dreaded reputation for Portuguese fanaticism among the Iberian troops, who assumed the battle was as good as won. Knowing full well that the sentiments shared by his students would no

