• 2nd day of the Blue Sea Moon Cloudy. In the face of the brutal savagery of the Almyran main force, we could do naught but abandon the front and retreat to a hastily constructed stronghold in Fódlan's Throat.
  If they get past us, there will be nothing to stop an Almyran invasion of Leicester. We must retain the stronghold.
• 5th day of the Blue Sea Moon Rainy, with strong winds. With the Almyrans bearing down on us, we hoped to repel them with archers, but the wind and rain were against us and our aim was untrue.
  I understand we are to be reinforced by Imperial snipers tomorrow, but if this weather continues it will hardly make a difference...
• 6th day of the Blue Sea Moon Rainy, with strong winds. The weather does not turn. As expected, the arrows loosed by our new Imperial friends mostly hit the ground. The Imperials also brought a tactician with them, but I doubt he'll be much use.
  So far all he's done is use some strange instrument and scribble notes to himself. No strategy is forthcoming.
• 7th day of the Blue Sea Moon Cloudy, with strong winds. Out of nowhere, the Imperial tactician gathered all of the archers together, showed them some figures, and ordered them to adjust the angle and direction of their fire.
  I don't think anyone believed him, but they did as ordered, and amazingly our arrows started hitting the enemy. "Just as I calculated," he said. A mathematician!
• 10th day of the Blue Sea Moon Sunny, no wind. The enemy attack is blunted and the wind is letting up, giving us the chance to finally mount a counterattack. Without that mathematician, we never would have lasted this long.
  If I see him again after our victory, I'll be sure to let him know. He was the hero of this battle.