Anna was surprised when the Elven scouts knelt before her, greeting her with an honorific in ancient tongue, which she now understood, clearly as a result of her armour.  It was clear that the Elven was kneeling due to something inside them, they found distasteful but could not prevent it.<br/><br/>When she told them to rise in ancient tongue, they seemed relieved.  They gave their report in human tongue, but still used her people's ancient title, a word of power over the Elven folk.<br/><br/>The dark elves, orcs and goblins were gathering at the ancient and ruined fortress of Alkariba.