That map is great! I see my assumption of city walls abutting the keep was incorrect. Ah well, that happens, presumably, Sir could still have made it over the walls, as undetected as he was... probably not, but shhhhhhhh(unless you'd like me to change that?). Also, now I'm curious about the other royal emblems. That manticore is pretty awesome, by the way. 

Acrolith, I liked the post too. :) 

So, does that mean that all, or most, of the kingdoms wouldn't demand levies except in the form of taxes? No enlistment demands of having every of age citizen spend two years in the army or join the ranks whenever war is declared? I suppose since the other kingdoms are constantly warring, it'd make sense they'd have an actual standing army and find it worth their while to pay it, since they'd be, hopefully for them, adding to their coffers from the loot of each victory. But how do they keep the numbers up? They'd still have to recruit from somewhere, and fighting generally dimishes the ranks rather than replenishes it. (Duh, Nem, thanks for that bit of wisdom. *coughs*)