They came for us in winter. By this point in my Manor Lords journey, I'd built quite the cozy township for my 54-odd tenants, but I'd neglected to do one very important thing: tool them up properly for battle. The fact that it took the bandits more than an in-game year to reach me should have been enough time, but I'd needed about that long to build ranks and form my own militia. Thankfully, with greater strength in numbers, the people of Zweiau vanquished the enemy with relative ease and zero casualties.
Suddenly, it's a regular winter's afternoon again. With the acres of wheat fields too frozen to plow, villagers instead peddle their leathers and berry-infused dyes. Others stoop to collect the bodies of fallen enemies, ready for an unceremonious burial. I quickly check to make sure the blacksmiths are working overtime to gear up for the next fight, lest I get sucked into Manor Lords' comprehensive management systems too much to notice an encroaching foe again.
