Evangeline and the Queen both jumped,a s he reacted to something they couldn't see. Guards, weapons drawn, drew into the room, and it wasn't until Ranarc started talking that the queen waved them down.<br/><br/>It took her a moment to comprehend what she was seeing, but she quickly tapped three points on the map. Fortunately, more than a couple dozen miles away, and were evacuated in front of the oncoming army, so there shouldn't be anywhere there.<br/><br/>It would take a few minutes, but Barid's forces would reply that they could have a force there that could actually impact the fight in a couple of hours. Of course, by that time, everything could easily have gone to hell.<br/><br/>The Crawlers, while they didn't seem to be afraid of the fire, were also agile enough that it didn't seem to slow them down, hunting any of the humans they could, and then leaping over or through the flames to get at more.