(After this set of posts, we'll get to a time-skip to the beginning of the first encounter)<br/><br/>The Dra' looked down at Latch, "No, you will be entering behind them, our scouts are all much larger than you, so you would go concievably unnoticed, a crow in a flock of geese, a sprout in a grove of bamboo, these raiders will see our braves and focus on them, assuming it would be only us attacking, and unaware we have an ally that looks like they do, they will likely assume you are moving the prisoners", Vadmaku loosed a jolly barking laugh, "Our Drask' has always found the weakest links in our enemies armors, be it a great Arzuros Major, or the river Fiend Kuto'Nomo, Drask'Haohao's battle aptitude has seen the Wayawulf through long years of conflict, in truth, I think he was planning to strike the raiders anyways, your presence indeed may be the exact edge we need to pull our collective allies out, I thank the forest for your presence here." It seems the Dra' was not only skilled but also open minded, he was definately trying to butter up Latch, he wanted him in the scouting unit enough to praise him openly.<br/><br/>Isis turned to Mav, "the Wayawulfs forest sage reader never leaves the woods, you do not have that disadvantage Mav, make no mistake, Drask'Haohao will impliment your skills to the best of their abilities. Hes a strategical genious, the way I hear it, the master strategists from around Gaza come to these woods to 'learn' strategy from him, hes aparently even advised the grand Masters from the capitol on occasion, I was so impressed by his abiliites, that I've been providing them with tools and services in exchange only for ores mined from the forests caves and mines".<br/><br/>The Dra looked a bit surprised, "So you'r the one who's been providing us with metal? You haven't spoken of this to Tsuchmi to my knowledge...", Isis stopped him there, "...Oh I like to keep that aspect a little secret of mine, the materials I receive from Tsuchmi and the other gatherers have helped me perfect my craft, and your archers make good use of my gear I believe?"<br/><br/>The Dra simply smiled, "you are quite an interesting squall Isis."