Draiss raised an eyebrow, before shrugging. "Who framed your people in the attack on my home village, and where my mother is. Those pieces of information would be... quite valuable.<br/><br/>And I would rather not have to rely on a partner's territory for safe passage. Far easier and safer in the long run to take that fortress. That way if we have a divergence of interests later, I am not caught flat footed, and you aren't on my annoyed list for leaving me out to dry. Safer and easier all around. Now, about those forces, or is there something else you would like to put on the table to compensate for the loss of quality in my forces. Each unit will be able, in theory, to take a balor or marilith, but the veteran units I mentioned have done so."