He gave a shrug. "Then my question is simple but has a couple parts. First, remember what I said about my oh-so-beloved ancestor and how she like her underlings to act? And how we haven't been able to explain the difference between her previous actions and her latest?<br/><br/>Well, here is the big question. What about if that army was just an illusion, cutting off that town from the others while infiltrators worked inside it? Single group of casters outside it, to give it some feel of the actual thing, but the real threat was sealed inside with the defenders?"