The claimant-marked wagons rolled into the western field while four militia shield teams retreated ahead of an approaching Flint standard.
Hajin watched from behind Hans's third-bell stake, keeping his Rings closed and the damaged Chains inside inventory.
Yenna held the northern reinforcement mouth, Orin planted survey rods along the quarry drainage, and Mara controlled the protected casualty corridor.
Mila stood beside Hans beneath a shielded signal frame, translating every route flag into one marked movement across his board.
None had received the comfortable task their guild standing might have purchased elsewhere, and none challenged Hans's authority here.
The first red-knot company reached the abandoned supplies with its claimant clerk riding behind the forward spear line.
Aria counted fifty-one active soldiers beneath that standard, matching the estate sequence Uriel had extracted from the movement order.
