135: The Palace
As we approached the palace we had to cross the Square of Martials. There was a crowd gathered on one side of the square, around a makeshift platform. And on the platform a striking umgi woman with long white hair, was addressing the crowd. She was Speaking out against Sigmarites, Altdorfers, and even Ulrican moderates. She had attracted a bit of a crowd, who seemed to be wearing more primitive clothes than I would expect in a sophisticated city. I have met a few umgi in my travels, and visited a number of settlements, and I was led to believe that the inhabitants of the Empire’s great cities were wealthy and smart. But some of the crowd were wearing wolf skins and even wolf skulls. There were some watchmen keeping an eye on things, and Fred said there were more than he would expect, but they didn’t seem that interested. ‘ The City of the White Wolf stomached the unseemly presence of one High Capitular of Sigmar, but we do not abide the presence of a second! Hindenstern must be sen...