This world hasn’t had all the delights of a civilized war in ages. But the Southerners will fix that: diversionary special units, rocket bombardments, genocide—and, so as not to fuss, weapons of mass destruction too. Fight like that—well, fine: the pieces of the world are cramped, it’s time for the old wolves to make way for young jackals.
Only neither the wolves nor the jackals yet know that their bloody gnawing is being watched closely by the one who wants more than the whole world.