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[center][h2]The Winter Palace, Yizima, Throne Room[/h2][/center]

[b]”Our men and women are fighting out there while you sit in this tent and play war games! You are disgraceful to the Party Mistress Wallace! Utterly disgraceful.”[/b] yelled out a man in [url=http://orig11.deviantart.net/b643/f/2010/332/e/b/war_general_by_gaan-d33s0dp.jpg]military dress[/url] to a woman wearing a lavish dress of furs and wool. The entire room the pair were in reflected what lavish a life the Empress lived and the general seemed out of place in clothing which was caked in mud, stained with blood, and dripping with melting snow. Behind him stood several guards in their [url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/bb/5a/5b/bb5a5bd1004433d25c4ff06ed7b840dc.jpg]combat dress[/url] and bore the job of protecting the Empress from the those who would wish her harm, though they bore no loyalty to the Mistress Wallace herself and were rather indifferent with whom they guarded. Most of the men in the room were watching General Gultz, some out of pity and others who knew what war was like. The only one whose face displayed no emotions nor betrayed their thoughts was that of the Mistress for all one could make from her was the absolute air of superiority she displayed.

The War for the Provinces of Machten and Kiltan of what use to be Denmark had been running for the entire week and the only progress which had been made was the success in taking the islands associated with the two Provinces. The bunkers which had risen there were spiteful of the Empire and knew full well that their enemy almost controlled the entire Strait. These foolish bunkers united to form the New Danish Empire and wanted to reclaim the territory of Denmark which had been taken by the Empire. In a final move before she was required to leave her position, Mistress Wallace had moved to take out the Danish Empire, knowing full well that the War would end during her reign and that Mistress Gratin, of the Socialist Party, would look for a peaceful resolution for the war. The Mistress was a spiteful woman and hated that such a pacifist would take the office and ruin all that she had worked towards in the ten years of her reign.

[b]”You forget who you are talking to General. If you were not a capable man, I would have you killed for your insurrections here and against me. If you knew how War is like chess, you would know full well that the Pawns are meant to die for the Queen and follow the orders of the King. If you were so worried about the War, then you would be out there with them rather than sitting here like a sad puppy and plead for help from me. Now leave and fight my War like a good pawn![/b] replied the Mistress to the General. Several of the guards reacted with shock, not due to her cruelty but because they knew what the General was feeling. Gultz felt the deepest despair at the Mistress’ response for he knew well that, unless he received the people needed to fight the war, he would certainly face the loss of at least ten thousand young men and women. He required the main forces and he had only received control over twenty percent of their forces, many of which were untrained soldiers who were tired and under supplied. He had seen a man, no older than his son, die in front of him from a bullet wound which could have been cured had it not be for the lack of supplies. The General bowed deeply and walked out of the room with tears in his eyes.
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[center][h2]Diary on the Front Line- Private Johnson Wells, Armored Infantry[/h2][/center]
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The Diary in question are the belongings of a Wells, Johnson, Private of the 21st Armored Infantry and are to be sent to his parents, Maria and Rob Wells. 

[i]”We’ve been on the front line for nearly an entire week now ma. I’ve… seen my friends from basic get shot in front of me and get carried away by the medics who almost seemed as worn as my boots are. The gun fire always starts at three and we don’t get to rest until nearly ten at night. I’m… so tired ma. We don’t get rations except twice a day and our water rations are given once a day. Our trucks can’t take much more of a beating from their gun fire. Occasionally, we wake up to ‘spoiled’ rations and half our water poured out. Lieutenant says that our enemy have been gettin’ into the camp and doing it.

I.. can’t take much more of it ma. I probably should have lead with this but I was shot the other day ma. Right in my shoulder. Doc says that I’ll survive but... it is so cold. Why does it have to be so cold ma? Is this what dying is like? I’m sorry for not coming back ma. I shouldn’t have run away..I shouldn’t hav “[/i]

Johnson Wells died on the Monday General Gultz went to Yizima. He would have survived had it not been for the Mistress. Word quickly spreads that the War would go on for several more months, if not an entire year, without the full support of the army. Protests are stirred up and the Mistress holes herself up in the Winter Palace to stay away from the many people who had been threatening to kill her in that week. Gultz would pull back to the border between the Danish Empire and the Empire itself, the islands left to the Empire as the Danish weren’t capable of taking back the islands without the loss of many lives. 

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