Tristan followed and nodded looking over the map as she unrolled it.  He paused a moment at her comment, but decided that she meant it as a compliment or at least a statement of fact.  "Yes," he said quietly, "I am quite fortunate to have your aid in this matter.  I fear my father's advisors dismiss this as nothing more than a swelling of the monsters numbers causing them to strike out.  But if one looks closely at the reports, there are indications of organization.  Members of more than one tribe working together on some of the raids and the timing of the raids to insure that the local lord's forces must be spread to thinly to stop them.  As proud as the tribes are, it would take something powerful to force them to work together like that."<br/><br/>He pointed to an area of swampland near the town of Heute.  "It seems to me that striking at the heart first would disrupt their communication and organization.  Without the shadowspawn uniting them, the rest will be much easier to pick off.  Plus better to act against the leader of this before he is fully aware of what's been brought to bear against him.  I am certain he would fortify his position or worse yet retreat into hiding if he knew you were coming for him."