Castle G

"When are we going to finish this eternal trek, Captain?!"

"My Lord, we are almost there. Around this bend you should see the highest tower of Castle Gladreau."

"If the clouds haven't covered it you mean", the lord's tone said he would rather be anywhere than this, and he was going in the wrong direction.

"Ah, yes, but at least we should beat the snow, my Lord." The captain looked ahead to see his scout looking back and bekoning the troop forward. The group of almost thirty had ridden hard for most of the day to make the castle that guarded a high pass between the Duchy of Duthon to the south, and the lords lands in the Duchy of Landes.