The Magnaura

[Andres]

Pauses for a moment.

Furthermore, I have checked the records. Savvas was the one who dumped an army in Belgrade. Because of Anastatios's absence, that army is now locked in the town until he comes back or retires.

So, since it is locked as a garrison, it can not be used to fulfill any army requirements. And I guess this is what happens when you let drunks lead armies...

And Apionnas, that means the answer to your question is "no."

I 'dumped' that 'army' (3 units of infantry) at the time, several years ago, if I may add, because it were infantry units and I needed a fast moving army. At that time we were at war with the German crusaders and we had reports of other crusades coming our way. The German crusade was near the army of our beloved Basileus and I was in a hurry to get to the Basileus and to occupy strategic positions to force the crusaders not to come near the emperor.

And I didn't just dump those units. I sent those troops to Belgrade to protect our Northern and Western settlements which were underpowered at the time.

Maybe Makedonios has spent too much time in the East (selfishly paying attention to his own settlements instead of caring for the empire and its' emperor, like I did) to remember that we also have a Western border with aggressive, crusading catholics, who are obeying a religious nutjob called "The Pope".

Please mylord, do your homework before going on an unreasonable accusation spree.

Don't hold me responsable for the fact that Anastatios hasn't done anything useful with those troops for several years.

Savvas sits down, muttering words like "fool" and [inappropriate language].