Most soldiers of the Freedom Army were still in the city and, led by Drindell and Anita, were hunting every resistance soldier that hadn't yet gone to the castle. And in the castle, Hobenrûd was leading an army of about ten thousand people against what was left of the Sardinians. The Sardinians couldn't kill enough members of the Freedom Army to make them stop, and were themselves being slowly killed by the ever-increasing number of revolutionary archers on the towers. It was not long until the bulk of the attackers reached the wooden gates of the keep. "It's over, you filth," Hobenrûd spat.