Draiss nodded, and refrained from making snarky comments. "Well, I had the choice of using the more subtle Defenders, or magically leveling that area of the forest. I had and have no intentions of further revealing my ideas, and did in fact chose the more useless of the inventions. I could have used some of my stations to bombard the area, but I figured that would be even less wise."<br/><br/>He took a sip, and then looked back at the gnome. "Who was the first banishment?"