Notes[1] Kov: duke. Kovneva: duchess. Strom: count. Stromni: countess. Kapt: general of an army. A.B.A.
[2] db’s: dwaburs per bur. A dwabur is five miles and a bur is forty minutes. A.B.A.
[3] Here Prescot gives the composition of the Eighth and Ninth Armies together with long lists of names. A.B.A.
[4] Dustrectium: firepower as delivered by bows, slings and engines.
[5] Prescot goes on with the guest list. The only sensible thing for me to do is merely to list the names without disrespect to their importance in Prescot and Delia’s lives. Nedfar, Emperor of Hamal. Kytun Kholin Dom. Ortyg Fellin Coper and his wife Sinkie. Prince Vardon Wanek and his wife Natema and family. Gloag. Hap Loder and an uproarious ferocious band of Clansmen. Pompino the Iarvin — without his wife — and the rasc
