This is a review for chapter 2-1.Ignoring the details overflowing from the dialogues, which strike such a realistic pose that I got lost in the story line as if watching it being acted out on stage, this particular bit set the bar for each character's depth quite high. These individuals are not one-dimensional pieces to a single puzzle of a plot, nor are they overbearingly obvious cliches thrown onto the page to feed an author's lazy and maladroit means of plugging a personality hole. these characters have stories to tell, and not the least interesting and entrancing of which are being told. Overall, from the most beneficent and noble soldier to the ostensibly devious schemer, none are restricted to a monochromatic corner, allowing me, the reader, to be delightfully kept on my toes about who is really the bad guy, good guy, or just caught in some trap where grey-toned decision must be made for some greater good. It forces me to turn the page each and every time.

This chapter is a relief. One thing I always experience when reading  a fantasy novel is the way the author spends so much time fleshing out the world that the story gets completely lost, and the reader has their hand held so much that they lose any sense of imagination. You described enough for me to paint a picture in my head of who these people are and what they're doing, but left out the tiresome jargon so ubiquitous in other stories. Thank you for not changing military rank and file terms either, guaranteeing that I can look these up somewhere and get an accurate description of what you mean.