Gabriel nods to prince's words and he replies; "There are places for shiny knights on armor face against superior odds, but this case such honorable act serves no purpose other than slaugther people both side in civil war created by third party who seeks take your throne by force. As said rebels have reason for anger but they are also misguided and used without mercy as expendable tools. So we jsut deny C to use those tools or if he uses it then it's not as effective he hopes it to be."<br/><br/>Gabriel listens about magic research and he groans and replies; "So besides worrying master poisoner, army, orc assassin and also shadowy men with masks I have to take account posibillity enemy finishing research of a spell which may doom us all? We need know what former archmage worked on so we know what to look or prepare for. Did archmage have apprentice or aid during his research?" After answering Gabriel's question he will then says to Michael; "I will go make preparations then, I use royal treasury to build lab for the alchemist to work on for the crown. Start also discuss the combined skirmish and inflitration plan."<br/><br/>That said he summons the alchemist first to private meeting where he gives alchemist thousand gold crowns in lage pouch and he says to him; "You can freely choose any space or room in barracks and declare it your laboratory. You can take max four or five soldiers as escort for your shopping trip to get alchemist supplies and indregients. I want you start work on a weak slow affecting poison which condittions worsen up upon stacking the dose more than once. I want poison which mimics condittions of Legionnaire's Disease in non-lethal way and it's applied through ingestion of said dosage. Make it potent as you can so that even few droplets of it on water supplies or spread over on food supplies will poison several units. If possible make it not change taste of the water and food if you can. As idea here is to create image of disease plaque than supply poisoning. Idea is to use this against rebels army so they have no energy nor will to fight us until 'plaque' is cured. I assign some men up to the task do the dosage spread on enemy supplies."<br/><br/>Once alchemist is isntructed he summons then Basil in private meeting and he tells him his plan; "Basil, considering your expertise in arts of banditry I have job for you. You need select around dozen of men suitable for this task ahead, you can interview or ask around folks backgrounds to find best cadets for this task. I have now send alchemist to make a poison which mimics Legionnaire's Disease, how long it takes we shall see. However I want send you and men out to sneak behind rebel army and I want you destroy and loot enemy supply lines soon as poison and dose is ready. Army cannot march if it does not have food supplies and I want you find weakness in their supply lines and cripple it.<br/><br/>However soon as your first strikes are done they no doubt rebels become cautious, but this point second ploy is played. You attack one supply caravans while they are recovering from first of your attacks which are meant look like bandit attacks than precise military ones. You take over enemy uniforms and inflitrate the enemy army as you finish deliver latest food supplies to the rebel army. Supplies spiced with poison and considering other supplies were cut off they will distribute everyone with your supplies. The poison is slow affecting so it would not look suspicious and look more like natural plaque spread in enemy. Your task while your among enemy is to gather intel much as you can. Assassinate only if your about get your unit discovered.<br/><br/>By the time when they are about prepare for final attack, sabotage much as you can their supplies and eguipment and then leave from the army and return back here on the castle and inform what you discovered. During your mission you must not send messages to avoid being caught red handed. But if you need run earlier than hoped for, run then and come back with much information as you can. Think you can manage on this task Basil?"