<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/86/NLTradeWarNPCs.jpg)</div>The male had rattled off all the information he thought that they might need in classic briefing fashion, sticking to the high points and not embellishing the details.  But when he looked at the people that they had selected, he halfway wondered if he had taken the wrong approach as they said nothing.  The female nudged him and he cleared his voice, about to speak again when the fire-headed human finally spoke up.<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=266616.msg13160177#msg13160177">Quote from: Muse on 28-04-2017, 06:12:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">“So,” She said softly, “What is it you want us to accomplish?  Is this an intelligence gathering mission?  The delivery of a message?  Or do you think we few can stop this war by force of arms?” <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Well, ending the fighting and opening the route is kind of the goal," he answered, a bit of joviality mixing his otherwise stern voice.  "The one thing you learn is that if you cut off the head, the body will die.  People follow the strongest.  Take out the strongest and they'll try to figure who is next and in doing so, they destroy themselves.  Simple enough," he answered, his voice almost lecture-like and his gruffness bordering boredom.  But the female shoved him with her shield, moving toward the human.<br/><br/>"Tarsic is a vain bastard, he's probably wanting to destroy the brigands entirely rather than winning because they pissed him off somehow.  We just want you to win.  How you do it is entirely up to you.  But Zondin, here, is right.  Find the brigand's leader, kill him and watch them collapse.  If Tarsic wants his revenge, he can have it then.  Not sure if he'll be of help to you though, unless you want a big distraction."  She turned to the other human, the white haired one and waived her hand to dismiss the concern, "You'll have what you need.  Just tell us who you want us to send your cut to if you die and they'll get it."