"I believe in fair chances, which is all we ever got in our first war. They were stacked against us, yes, but once we got our heads out of asses, we had a fair chance. The elves? Not even that, and are going to get curb stomped into oblivion with little to no damned warning. Especially since the first plane will likely be 'pacified' before your 'expected but regret ably extended maintenance' of the portals is 'finished.' But the message is quite clear, yes. Cheat a human, get your empire crushed and your race gets murdered and raped by common troops.<br/><br/>So all I am going to do is restore the status quo, and ensure that you get a nice, tense line to encourage development like you wanted. I get a nice employment and recruiting grounds, a stable to play with, and more importantly I can stop nearly braining your spymaster every time he 'accidentally' tries to spy on me.<br/><br/>But yes, currently, my plans end with the attacker being pushed back, a cease fire, and my constructs having more to do than see how many decimals make up pi. This isn't good ground, Barid, we both know that, so you should be happy I am willing to at least make an attempt at holding it. Besides, you can certainly spin this as a loss of a pure elven controlled territory, with enough effort. Or would you rather I just turn this back, and then find somewhere better to establish myself instead of the mostly forested planes of an ancient elven empire that most certainly will NOT condone mass industrialization of their homes?"