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Fergal had lived in Alberdaine his entire life. He was an Alberdaine citizen, and knew his way around the country. But he was a noble, and an empire cat to boot. Since birth, he was taught to believe himself above the common folk; the squirrels, the otters, the mice. His closest relationship with another creature that wasn’t another cat had been his childhood tutor, a red squirrel who he antagonised relentlessly. History and his contemporaries had taught him that cats were above all other species, but on the streets of the capital he was inclined to think otherwise. Here, he was totally lost. Cats, empire or otherwise, were many of the

The Guilds of Mistdale were a creation rivalling the University itself. They were established after an attempt by Cardena to reclaim the fortress that the university was built out of failed. Prior to that, Mistdale was seen as a rich rat’s eccentric attempt to spin off his own kingdom, but the defeat of the Cardenian army demanded respect. The fortress had been built long ago to protect Cardena from incursion from the lizards and snakes of the southern warmlands, but abandoned after an incident with owls. The valley was home of hundreds of families of horned and barn owls, and such creatures did not take kindly to foxes felling their wo

For the better part of the last six months, Alberdaine had been at war with Abisnova, a small kingdom that was part of the Felidaes, the remnants of the old feline Felix Empire. The local felix warlord had died and was succeeded by his ambitious daughter, who declared war against the squirrelking and invaded Alberdaine. The squirrels were quick to repel them, and quick to counter attack, but fighting through an arduous winter and in unknown territory forced the Alberdaine army to take refuge in the conquered capital, allowing the more conditioned felix to operate mainly unheeded. The war quickly inverted, with a stranded Alberdaine garrison b