Brightening 17, Cycle 1, Month of Kalendryas, in the Season of Winter,
Era I of the Celestine Mandate,
Era XV Post Fractum
Moving early on the seventeenth, he wanted supplies to reach Auster as quickly as possible. Therefore, he ordered the men to march quickly and forcibly, despite being burdened by stone. Fortunately, Chargul had the brilliance to commandeer the latest supply caravan and use it and the wagons it had brought as alternative stone wagons. Those wagons could easily carry both, given that they were carrying far from a full load of stones. Besides, the supply wagon needed to be emptied first before it could return to Taralon. He also ordered that all supply caravans headed to resupply the sixth regiment should redirect themselves to Auster, where they would be needed.
He himself intended to go to Notus, where he would at the very least establish a small base of operations from which he would have an alternative resupply route to Auster. At most, he intended it to be a harbor in which the imperial navy could rest, which would greatly add to the security of Notus as a supply node to Auster and the coast. He already had plans drawn up for a fort there and merely needed to accompany the men there to make sure that the location selected was suitable. Given that the stone caravans were weighed down by stone, he intended to catch up to them as soon as that was done, riding on his own.