>>5349405Both women make good points, but ultimately, the choice is yours. While it doesn’t hurt to be prepared for either outcome, you can’t commit to a decision until you have more information. If Echeverria really is a shapeshifter, there’s no telling what tricks he’ll have up his sleeve to unravel your plans.
>“Let me think it over. I don’t prefer making decisions in the heat of the moment, but we’ll likely need to see what we’re up against first.”Neither girl looks wholly satisfied with your answer, but they respect it nonetheless. After years of following, you into numerous battles, they knew better than to doubt your judgment.
“Well then, let’s move on to other matters.” Shelley says. “Thanks to intelligence from Claude’s scouts, we know exactly what route Echeverria and his men plan on taking to reach Siward Castle. The terrain is mostly grassland, but Caleb says there are quite a few hills dotting the area. If we take only a select few men with us, we should be able to reach the area by tomorrow. Far faster than Echeverria and that slow moving caravan of his. We can use those hills as cover for an ambush. That’s how we’ll crush them. To the unknowing eye, the whole thing should look as though it were the result of a particularly nasty bandit attack.”
“Geeze…that Claude guy’s pretty brutal huh?” Diana sighs. “He’s always telling us to ‘kill this, kill that.’ Just goes to show you even cute guys like him can have a pretty nasty dark side.”
“If it makes you feel any better, these likely aren’t normal caravan guards or merchants, but Empire soldiers merely playing the part.” Shelley says.
>“So, we take a few dozen of our quickest fighters, race ahead of Echeverria, and hit him in an ambush. Can’t say I see much to disagree with there. How are our men doing?”“Restless, but in good spirits if anything.” Shelley says. “They haven’t seen any major action since Fodlan’s Locket, but they’re ready for that to change soon.”
“We’ll want our wyverns and pegasi out there.” Corrine says, taking another puff of her pipe. A habit she picked up sometime during the last few years. Helps to alleviate stress, she claims. “Our cavaliers as well. Likely a few mages too. Just in case.”
>“Agreed. Let’s get ready to mobilize a group and leave by tonight. The rest of the Blackwings can stay behind for the time being.”“We’ll get that started. In the meantime, you should check in on the captains yourself and let them know. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.” Corrine says.
250 men strong, the Blackwings were broken up into divisions, each led by two captains who reported directly to you.
>Which captains will you meet with first>A): Air captains>B): Infantry captains>C): Cavalry captains>D): Scouting captains>E): Magic captains 