Meanwhile, in Sequen, Alexandra was leaning over a similar map, a fierce scowl on her face.  She shook her head, rubbing at her forehead with one hand as she listened to two of her generals bickering, before she finally spoke.  "Both of you shut up, or get out of my war room."  Her voice was harsh, ragged.  She'd been running on little to no sleep trying to put this together, and anyone in the room could tell by the redness of her eyes, the bags beneath them.<br/><br/>But she never seemed to slow down, drawing on a near inexhaustible - or so it seemed - reservoir of energy.  "While the Tower is a key point, I won't commit as much as you are asking to its defense.  What need does a demon army, with warriors on the wing, need of a tower like that?  I will not yield it unfought, but I will not have the bulk of our force stationed there.  To do so would be folly."<br/><br/>She shook her head, pushing two blue icons forward into the Crescent.  "If our food supplies go, we go.  We have to defend the fertile land.  We lose that, and that's a massive blast to morale.  Many of the men and women may just give up if the Crescent falls."  She gestured at another two on the center of the map, pushing one over to the Crescent.  "Take the wings over to the Crescent.  If they're needed, they can get back to the Tower easily enough, but it's one of those groups that can be anywhere they are needed."<br/><br/>She pointed at the last two stones, the ones to the south of Sequen, but north of the Root and well out of the red highlighted danger zone.  "Leave the fifth and sixth battalions where they are.  Do NOT move them forward.  I won't risk losing men to the predators of the Root, not when I can just hold them back to deal with the stragglers that manage to get through the Root toward Sequen."<br/><br/>She glanced at Jurai, and at the elven general near her elbow.  "Can either of you come up with any other suggestions, things I might have missed?" she asked, her voice cracking slightly at the end, causing one of the eight Wild Runners to step forward with a flagon of water.  She inclined her head slightly and sipped at it.<br/><br/>(((If there is an Elf Champion, that general would be you, and if not, feel free to take the general, Zana.)))