Draiss had more than enough patience, and also had a habit of using his death squads as diversions, using them to draw the defenders out, though he had no qualms at all about holding off attacks for months if needed. He kept up the pressure with the assured skill of a commander that Kammy would have been impressed and willingly served, easily swirling the distrustful defenders around, annihilating groups wholesale if he didn't just absorb them.<br/><br/>He was busy being pulled in about twenty different directions, not including his children and consorts' needs, so he was glad that he had built the avatars and greater aspects, as the aspects were being used in the mortal realms to cover his areas of responsibilities. He kept up the pressure on the outer planes, carefully expanding the shadow stalkers' engagement areas, making sure he kept enough troops back to respond in force if the Beyonders applied sudden and overwhelming pressure.