Draiss nods at the tentative terms, before bringing up a map of his own holdings. He had the Desolate Plains, with twice as many fortresses then when he first came on scene, and was slowly converting it to a more 'profitable' plane. He was pushing hard into the nearest plane, and was on the verge of fully conquering it, only a handful of forts were still resisting, and only because they were in a tight cluster near some particularly 'fertile' grounds for new souls. That and his constructs weren't assisting yet. He debated which of the offered lands, comparing them with his planned conquests, and one was close enough that he could justify adding the need to conquer and man seven more fortresses without too much trouble. He tapped the indicated holdings, and nodded. "That one will do, it is the furthest from your own fully 'pacified' lands, though I use the term loosely, almost an outpost, and is almost a drain on you. I can more easily expand that way toward it, making it a border fort."<br/><br/>He considered the request, before looking up. "500 drow women and matrons, one daughter, and the holdings on plane 454 in exchange for my shadow stalker constructs no longer manning the walls and actively assisting as roving defenders."<br/><br/>He held up his hand to forestall an anticipated outburst. "Part of my agreement with her is that my constructs will provide static interior defenses to ensure any of your forces that get in can't get far without running into at least one of them. Their locations are obvious, so your forces should be able to work around them, and my static defenders will fall back into their own garrisons inside the cities once you have broken in, except for ones that are too far from said garrisons to make it in. In which case, they will attempt to break out of the city, and go to ground, to later link back up and be extracted. The previously mentioned deal is the best I can give you. And I have several new units that need field testing against armies, so you are getting a better deal than you think."