With the arrival of several people from the kingdom with big fancy looking badges, the situation had better have gotten under control in a hurry. The arrival of the leader of the nation only helped reinforce the severity of the situation. Devaguea did curse that the earliest the fifty of the elites, half of them, would arrive would be in a couple days, and they would be unhappy that they had hiked out here through the snow to help clean up the mess.<br/><br/>Thanks to Talia, he knew the elites had left a couple hours after he had left. So he looked over the plans the Marshall and Warden had come up with, suggested moving a few archers around, while he would be in the center of the line, raining fire spells upon the massed trolls. With the major bridge nearby, and good, high walls, they would win the fight, the only question was how bad would the fall out be. So he advised all the civilians to evacuate into the castle, and asked Melianse to assist in the defense of her grove and the neighbors that lived nearby. Once that was done, all that was left was to wait for the enemies to approach, and to give them what-for.<br/><br/>He did do his best to inspire the troops in the town, Anke presided over a very public benediction ceremony for the troops, and the militia that had hurriedly stood up to support the troops defending their town. With the walls manned and lit, the defensive weapons armed and ready, archers on rooftops behind the walls, and the best spearmen packed tight behind barricades near the only gate on the side the army was coming, to resist a push if the gate gave out, all they could do was wait. He did, however, renew his spell of mage armor on himself, as well as offer a casting to Anke and Amvarean.<br/><br/>diplomacy 37(+20)