Ancalagon nods and says, "Very well, I consider this discussion complete. So if there are any problems in the area I should take care of before I go, say so now.<br/><br/>My name is Ancalagon. I expect the guards to be at the kobold village and the castle by this time tomorrow. Any later, and I will be back to find out why. The tribute for your people will be guards and a bit of coin rather than all coin, but 1/50 will be fair with the ten guards I am taking with me.<br/><br/>I will inform the human towns under my sway as to what your trade needs are, and will inform them that any peaceful group will not be attacked."<br/><br/>Gesturing for Snively to follow once he and the lord where done, Ancalagon leads the other two downstairs, and outside, collects Rummsprig, and heads toward the Yuan-Ti encampment, after letting Snively collect what he needed. He sighs, wondering how best to approach them, and asks Ruara, "Based on what Shale said, I expect the Yuan-Ti to be openly contemptuous, rather like Snively here was. I am debating on whether to be openly contemptuous back, or be cool, calm, and collected instead. And act like a superior. Which would be the better of the two?<br/><br/>And how should the deal be approached, going for full fealty, or just trade, nonhostility, and protection agreements?"<br/><br/>To Snively, he says, "This is your only warning, and you will find I dislike being doubted immensely. And when I become irritated, I become unlikable. Don't pull what you did back at the lord's home with me again, understood? Your new job is to find the problems with the villages and trade, fix what you can within your authority, and bring the rest to my attention. It will be a thankless job, for the most part. Can you do this, or do I need to get someone else?"