Devaguea stared at he room, and then at his first consort, before leaning around check that Rakeesh was not harmed. After a moment of looking from her to their child, he just curled up around both. She would feel him shivering slightly for the rest of the night. His thoughts were that the assassin hadn't gone directly for Sak'bas, but their son, still too young to do anything to defend himself. Cynthia, despite being into her third trimester, could easily take care of herself.<br/><br/>Devaguea looked over the reports, and the ones Kesten and Akiros were submitting about recruiting, before nodding. "They are making no current attempt to push through or around the Slough, but we are going to have to send help to our western most lands after this war. The armies are, no doubt, stealing everything that is portable or in a skirt."<br/><br/>While he couldn't protect everything, the northern fortress was doing a phenomenal job of keeping the surrounding farmlands and the silver mine protected, but, as agreed, they were doing nothing to protect the Brevoy or barbarian settlers. After a pair of weeks, they finally had enough of an army to be able take on one army, two if they were forced to, but it would take clever maneuvering to keep from getting overwhelmed. He also had yet to hear back from his centaur allies, the kobolds and lizardfolk both reporting that they could put patrols together and police their area, but not enough of individuals to form an army big enough to matter.