(Meanwhile, across all Cult territories)
A few days after Veyr was named Dragon, recruitment offices enrolling soldiers for the Dragon's private army opened up across all Cult-controlled planets.
There was no grand announcement.
There were no fliers posted to inform the citizens that the recruitment process had begun, yet even without any announcement, everyone had already been expecting it.
The tradition of the Dragon's army being raised once a new Dragon was named was as old as the Cult itself.
It was a tradition that passed through the bloodstream of every citizen born under the Cult's banners.
A tradition that signified that a new chapter had begun, and with it, the call to arms had returned.
Crimson flags bearing the sigil of the Cult were hoisted above public squares and City halls, and beneath them, lines began to form.
Long, winding, feverish lines, stretching through dusty marketplaces, dark-lit alleys, and even the front steps of police stations.
