He gave a slight shrug, before nodding. "Yes, and the good news, at least for you, is that I am in the same damn boat, in the cabin directly across from yours. That said, I am planning on personally teleporting to their castle and seeing if he is open to diplomacy as soon as my advisors finish their next tasking, which is trying to get together different sets of terms."<br/><br/>Devaguea leaned against the table, and frowned, before looking her in the eyes. "Honest assessment? You have three options, negotiate, capitulate, emigrate. All of them have issues, especially if there is a red dragon running things. Their stereotype is being enamored with causing terror for a reason, and he seems to be enjoying or at very least indifference to the chaos that having two massive alpha predators circling his capital is causing."<br/><br/>As one of the others in the room opened their mouth to question that last statement, Devaguea cut him off. "Dragons have a distinctive musk to them, similar to other large predators. Prey animals, like, oh I don't know, horses, oxen, cows, goats, dogs, birds, animals that cities NEED to function, don't do well when they smell large predators close by. Those two circling dragons are shutting down any major transportation in the city, which is cutting into his trade profits and taxes."<br/><br/>Done with the spot lecture, he turned back to Jamedi. "As I was saying. I have a fourth option, fight, but that is going to be a coin flip at best. I can take one of the ancient dragons on my own, both if I have to but I am going to be useless for anything afterwards, and my other allies don't have the ability to equal them, spells and their sheer flying speed are the big deciding factor. If we had some way to force them to the ground, we could make it work, probably, but that would be... artifact level..."<br/><br/>He froze as he suddenly remembered the agreement he had worked out with the Pathfinders, and wondered if they had an artifact that could make it impossible to fly in an area. That would let him get Sydon and Sak'bas into the fight, and let him and Nyrissa focus on Choral, but the odds of them having an artifact like that was... low. Still, he would mention it to the others when he got back. "Sorry, just remembered an agreement I have with the Pathfinder Guild. As I was saying, we could fight, but it would be a vicious thing and I would be badly mauled for years afterwards. But I am not going to leave you in a lurch. Your realistic options are negotiate, surrender, or run. I don't think he is going to personally burn a line between the capital and you, but will see how his... 'loyal nobles' act when he gives them marching orders. So you have time, especially considering the time of year. Let me engage him, see how he reacts, and then you can decide what to do based on that. Should be over in two weeks or so."