Day Five
The Anglo-Spanish War, c.1588
"Blasted Iberians attacking a defenseless village?!"
The seething Sir John Norreys marched into the barn that had served as makeshift barracks for the last few days to the sight of his entire personal guard reduced to emotional wrecks; he was accustomed to worse atmospheres than this, having served in the brutal conquest of Ireland only a few years previously, yet the sense of despair and fear in the air was completely alien to him, a foul stench that seemed to have permeated the very being of everyone present.
He motioned to speak, yet the cause of the tense atmosphere in the barn became apparant as he reached the far end of the building where two soldiers were kneeling at the foot of a large haystack, the lifeless form of a barely-dressed man laid peacefully among the straw; Norreys recognised the deceased as
Choxorn, a decent lad from Norfolk who had served under him in many a battle.
The decorated war hero didn't wait for an evaluation of the man's death; he ushered his battalion out of the barn and into the fields for further training, his mind playing heavily on both the morning's discovery and the events of the previous night as he sparred with one of his more accomplished men.
Queen Elizabeth I peered at the golden sphere resting in her hands; it seemed to emanate a warmth that she couldn't explain, and she always felt tranquil and at peace whenever she held it for prolonged periods of time.
Today, however, she felt exhausted and the orb only seemed to exacerbate that which it would normally soothe; she had reacted to the bombardment of East Budleigh with her usual indifference, though she had secretly harboured feelings of doubt over the whole war effort, and the reported death of a major Spanish figurehead did little to ease her worry.
The war effort would have to be doubled, and perhaps her own involvement was the best means of rallying the troops; either way, there was much to do.
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