Draiss quietly slid him a glass of wine, figuring he needed to be fortified. "Like I said, I have been busy. And you DO remember me preaching about balance while we traveled? Everything having an equal and opposite? Well, that is what I really preach, and Tyra isn't as bad as some of the chromatics I have met, smarter and more included to size up a situation before acting. Kamariel... well, she is Kamariel, and when I released her, I honestly wasn't expecting a balor. Stupid mistake on my part, but the wards around her were so weak that probing from the outside might have released her anyways. And she is the firmest of the ones bond to me. But anywho, I guess maybe their opposites WAS a bit much. But lately I haven't...<br/><br/>Nevermind, it isn't important. Needless to say, you have enough power to wipe out that army that attacked Brindol, let alone a couple of ragtag raiding parties. Though I expect both of them would like to at least pretend to offer the chance to surrender to them first."<br/><br/>He considered his current support group, and then shook his head. "I need to branch out more, but that means either collecting more, or waiting for followers to die naturally. And I have never been good at waiting much. I have crafting hammers and sledge hammers, but nothing in between."