[Aynia]

Aynia began to flip through the papers, nodding her head. They were in a fairly good position and Carrot had done exceptionally at coordinating resources. She was pleased that there were city guard focused on the east side of the city.

"The war council caused me significant delay in getting to you, but we're armed with a plan. Once the holdfasts mobilize they'll be heading towards the Queensland and Aimsir to provide assistance. I can only hope that enough forces gather in time. From my reports the lands around Aimsir are wasted and barren, with horrendous creatures making their way from the portal out into the surrounding land. We'll not only be dealing with the armies of the Red Knight, we're going to be dealing with the fauna from Chaosium as well."

She looked pensive for a moment before steeling herself at the knock on the door. Surely there wouldn't be more bad news...

Thankfully it was a chambermaid coming to deliver a tray of food. As she sat it down on the short table in front of the couch the two sat on, Aynia looked at the tray longingly, but tried to keep her manners. Once the maid was out of the room however, all bets were off and she began to eat like she hadn't eaten in days. Probably because she had barely eaten in days. The ride to Chail was long and merciless, for they didn't let up their pace except to let the horses rest and to catch a few hours sleep here and there. She was exhausted, but she had too much to do and too much on her mind for sleeping at the moment. Taking a piece of bread and topping it with cheese she popped it into her mouth before chewing and looking to Carrot again.

"Bastion's forces should arrive within the week. Chail should be more than ready to host them, and I'm going to give orders to continue to send a few troops of several scouts to gather more information closer to Aimsir itself so we can be conscientious of the Red Knights movements and how quickly his forces are spreading. We can't afford to let them gain the upper hand."