The Crown courier reached the registry with the territory notice as a third bell rang from the northern outer village.
Marrick broke the seal beside Didi's letter, checking the campaign authority before recording the delivery time beneath both witnesses.
{Formal notice has been delivered, House Flint may contest control of the Sixth Region under Crown law until surrender, withdrawal, or royal judgment.}
The sentence gave Dreth legal cover to cross the eastern marker, though it did nothing about the bells continuing beyond the ridge.
Juna entered through the open window with purple residue across one sleeve, dropping a cracked Gate fragment onto the map.
"The portal pushed through its frame," she said, pointing toward the outer stockade, "hounds are coming down the ravine ahead of the larger scents."
Hans counted the bell intervals before moving the militia reserve marker away from the town wall.
