the corporal under his command. Everything in it was correct, except for the additional information that ten Guardsmen had been assigned to the earl along with the non-commissioned officer. The order also included a note informing him that the other members of the unit had been instructed by the command and would be waiting for Darius at the gate they would have to use to get to Bushtabhar.
The second surprise was the detail of the information provided by Leigher. It included planned routes, maps of the enclave with detailed descriptions of specific locations, summaries of reports on the murder they were officially supposed to investigate, personnel reports on important individuals, and meticulously detailed field reports from Bushtabhar and the surrounding area.
The map of the enclave gave Darius a rough idea of the area they would be operating in. Bushtabhar was a medium-sized magical territory in the form of a mountain valley surrounded by vertical walls and shaped like a circle. It was mostly covered with savannah, and closer to water sources with bush. It contained one city, of the same name, located by a lake in the center of the region. The reservoir was fed by underground springs and seasonally by three rivers. Four agricultural villages were located within a day's walk of the city, each in a different direction. They relied heavily on water supplied by aqueducts for their functioning. Further away, on the outskirts of the enclave, almost three days' journey from the city, there were several smaller settlements described as mining centres. In addition to these, the borderland also included three small castles, which served as border and customs posts. They protected the entrances to the enclave from outside attacks and served as army garrisons.
The city itself stretched along the southern shore of the lake. It was divided by city walls into smaller areas, such as the port, the bazaar, the residential district, and the like. In the heart of Bushtabhar, a mighty citadel was erected, serving as the headquarters of the troops stationed in the enclave. Interestingly, various notes indicated that Lieutenant Imar
