(OOC: Sorry, RL stuff came up)<br/><br/>Shantrali cocked his head to the side at the questions. "The proof you require are in the outlaying villages that have been raided. Check for yourselves if you do not beleive my word. You may be starting a war or avoiding one. Something is stirring them in advance of the natural order of things. As you have stated the last war was not far in the past. It should be two or three generations before the next one. What makes it different is advanced warning. Prepare and deal with the problem. Or sit behind your walls and pray to the Gods that it goes away. For I can speak now and tell you, the problem will only grow worse the longer you delay and debate."  He spoke shortly and to the point others may have waxed elogantly about the nature of the problem and how to deal with it, but he was not that sort. He spoke his mind plainly and with little regard to if others if they would like the answers they received.