Emperor Asha gazed upon a group of prisoners with a pitiful glint in his eye. He could hardly believe matters had come to this, but without punishing these men, he would never be able to retain his Japanese Backers.
Months had passed since the Bengal Emperor first began his campaign to unify the Indian Subcontinent beneath his banner, and during this time, his troops, under fear of death, behaved themselves quite well.
However, as the war continued, and these men were forced to march endless miles in pursuit of a goal they themselves did not fully believe in, it was inevitable that some men would break the rules of war which were imposed upon them by a foreign empress. One which their own monarch desperately sought to win the favor of.
