"It almost certainly is," he said with a sigh. "General Tindall believes that Corolini and his Our Country Party are being funded with Old Kingdom gold, though he cannot definitely prove it. Since Corolini and his party now hold the balance of power in the Ancelstierre Moot they've been able to get the Southerlings moved farther and farther north. They have also made it clear that their ulitmate aim is to get all the Southerling refugees moved across the Wall, into our Kingdom."

Sometimes the Ancelstierre politics made no sense to Touchstone. And the fact that Old Kingdom gold was funding their politics riled him greatly.