It was a well known reality that armies return with fewer soldiers than they embarked with. However, that’s untrue for vampires.

Following our deadly hunt through the woods, we nearly doubled our numbers as we found more and more enemy soldiers arising as vampires. Unless these new vampires ascend during their first meal, which is unlikely off of a dead food source, they’ll need to be brought back to Mirewood for a ritual.

Hendron walked up to me and said, “I don’t ...