>>5965193> Banshee's Howl: A Illusory Scream that even the deaf can hear, designed to prevent sleep.Mortals require sleep. It is a simple thing. Even the dread lords of the crimson river settle into pools of water occasionally for rest and rejuvenation. But the latest spell developed by cunning sorcerers is designed explicitly to prevent sleep, to slowly drive those dependent upon it to first exhaustion, then paranoia, then finally madness. While the dark whispers spell is designed for subtlety, this spell is a stone and wall piercing scream that can rouse an entire settlement at once, leaving hearts pounding and eyes twitching for some time. When the catfolk stumble out, exhausted and barely able to hold their weapons straight, they make for easy pickings.
> Misdirection: An illusion spell to create false military squads for purposes of misdirecting enemy resources. These illusions are not particularly convincing up close, but can travel long distances independent of a caster and follow simple routes and instructions programmed at their creation.Information is vital to the effort of war. But what if you could create false information? Clever illusionists weave together entire phantom military units and send them parading through the cat folk lands where they prompt endless false reports. When realm attacks do come, it takes some time before the cat folk even realize they are real.
> War: Continue pressing the attack, give the tribals not one moment to rest, regroup, or find a way out of our grasp.With the roads secured and high walls to rest behind the war continues, picking up speed and fervor. As larger settlements come under attack the vampires opt for a pattern of never ending harassment, wearing down the cat folk with rotating bands of warriors, mortal gladiators by day and vampires by night, hoping to break the catfolk with sheer exhaustion. Once a settlement is crushed the civilians are rounded up and driven to madness with magic, then sent staggering and howling to the next village as a ‘gift’. A gift that will either require constant minding and effort to take care of, or the demoralizing act of putting down their own kin.