When Herlbe received the order to prepare from his general, the revenant was not nearly as ready as Alkayne and Ir'Houwl, as whilst he had seized control over a large portion of the realm in one, fell swoop within a very short amount of time, his skills in managing what was essentially a whole nation were far inferior to his peers, which made him realise that the greatest challenge the general had intended for him was not to defeat the imaginative powers of the Tsarina, or to overcome to pure expanse of giant strength that was the Tsar…
No, Loimos had most definitely meant to put his leadership skills to the test, and indeed, compared to wielding his great cleaver and slaughtering everything left and right, managing something was incredibly difficult for Herlbe.
