Today I got to work rebuilding. Taking a break is nice, but it can’t last forever. You have to get back to work eventually, or nothing ever gets done.

I spent most of the time building houses for the displaced citizens. The people in charge of that kind of thing had already spent the day before planning everything out, so I just had to ask them what they wanted me to build where. I made sure to put extra effort into every home, no two that I made are completely identical, and all of them are the best I could make. I can’t replace everything they lost, but I can try to compensate for some of it. By the end of the day everyone had a place to live.

We got word back from Par today. He managed to finally drive back the army that was pinning him down. Yeah, they threw their best at us but with a perfectly defensible position, it was only a matter of time before Par was victorious. As we no longer need assistance he is going to try and pursue the fleeing soldiers, try to cull their numbers as much as possible. I hope he returns victoriously and alive, the number of pieces he is in doesn’t matter too much as long as he lives.

There are forty of the volunteer soldiers left after everything was said and done. Looking at them I feel pride, they stepped up when no one else could to fight a battle where they were hopelessly outmatched. It doesn’t matter if they hesitated to volunteer but they certainly didn’t hesitate when it came time to act. And now that the fighting is done they still wish to remain as my loyal soldiers. I will personally train and improve them. I will see to it that they become elite warriors worthy of being among our best and brightest.

Other than that I spent my downtime socializing with people. Going through to make sure that people I know are alive and to show the people that I am alive and well. The guy that replaced whisperer is just fine and leading the recovery efforts. My dad just got back through the teleporter, apparently, the messenger failed to find him before he met up with Par. Kaire and Lulem were injured, but are fine now.

Erica Hornmark is dead, she died a martyr. She struck down dozens of enemy soldiers before being dealt a killing blow, allowing countless unarmed civilians to escape mostly unharmed. Her family was in that group.

She is already being written into the books. She will never be forgotten.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.