The Unchained won the battle against Exarch Darius and his heavy infantry.
They looted the two thousand dead Church soldiers and took their steel weapons and gold armor, but the victory required a high price.
Forty Unchained died in the fighting.
Zion sat on a flat rock near the fresh graves.
Varek and his men dug the deep holes with iron shovels.
They worked in silence under the setting sun.
They placed the broken bodies in the dirt and covered them.
Varek planted simple wooden crosses over the mounds of earth to mark the dead.
Zion knew twelve of the dead by name.
She knew Morrigan, he was the old blacksmith who repaired her leather boots two days ago.
She knew Alysa, the archer with the missing ear scouted the river crossings for the rebel army.
She knew Elton, The young boy shared his water ration with her during the long march across the salt plains.
She never memorized NPC names in her past runs.
