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Schorl shakes his head as he examines the letter and shakes his head again as Lady Alias speaks, the frown lines lining his forehead readily apparent as his expression turns sour and saddenned.
"I cannot agree Lady Alias, I believe it to be too convenient for a letter to arrive advising us to gather out forces, Sir Aaron has already commented on the size of Lord Legions army, perhaps gathering against this assault could be playing right into his hands."
Schorl notices the many confused faces staring at him in a silent question of explanation, he nods"
"it is likely that Lord Legion knew that Lady Neko would seek the help of the gathering kingdoms, he would also be sure of our actions... imagine this scenario, our forces mass to face Lord Legion on the Hiroshu plains, that leaves the surrounding kingdoms exposed and vulnerable, Lord Legion sends a token force forwards in order to keep us at bay while he captures the other kingdoms, destroying the morale of the force we have gathered here, in short, victory shall be his in a matter of days... if he were to take each kingdom one by one, it would take him weeks or even months, this way he can be assured of a quick victory with minimal losses."
Schorl sits back and his frown deepens and he allows himself and everyone else a little time to think before speaking again.
"I suggest we each bring a force that shall be large enough to help, yet leave enough behind to keep our kingdoms safe, also, we keep them ready for duty during their waking hours and prepared to move out to assist the hiroshu kingdom if reinforcements could be beneficial, i personally shall send half of my dragon riders and a third of my borderguard and a third of my mages, the dragon riders shall remain hidden until the time comes to strike, if it is neccessary, i can also send dragons to each kingdom to send word of the need for reinforcements... i would also suggest that we confine talks of this matter to this room and set a guard at the foot of the stairs, Lord Legion has spies everywhere and the less he knows of our plans the better."
He looks around as the gathered Lords and Ladies nod and mutter their agreement.
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