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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3183886" data-attributes="member: 3448">With that attended to, the Council retired to Alistair’s chambers and began working through the business of the day.  Alistair called in Lady Constance.“I know that it’s outside your primary area of expertise, but I would like to know more about the Devourer of Light, the demon lord that the thought demons served.  In particular, I want to confirm whether that’s the same demon as the molydeus under Brightspan City-- it seems to be about the right level of power, with both at the baron to count level.  And I want to know who the Devourer of Light’s enemies and rivals are, what it’s position is within the Abyss, that sort of thing.  Anything that we might be able to use to stir up trouble for it.”“Of course, your grace.  We do not summon demons ourselves, but the Royal Coven is absolutely the right group to assist you in researching them.  Tell me, your grace, would you rather that we provide you a faster report or more thorough research?”“More thorough.  The information is of no value if it is not accurate.”“Very good, your grace.  I’ll start the coven researching it immediately.”As Lady Constance left, Mahler and Dame Brionna were both finishing reading reports from their respective departments.Dame Brionna led off, with the report on the military situation.  “We have some additional reports from the South, your grace.  It includes both some good news and some bad news.  Do you have a preference for which to hear first?”Alistair waved his hand airily.  “Whichever seems more important to you.  We’ll get to both in time.”“Very well, your grace.  I think I should begin with the bad news, then.  I have spoken with a contact who knows something of the Seachen, and she confirmed our fears:  while the forest lords should be welcomed, the only way that they would join a human army at war is if they expected to fight the human Seachen.”“The human Seachen?” asked Mahler.“Yes… Our understanding, although we don’t have confirmation for this, is that Seachen was the forest lords’ name for themselves before the human Seachen matriarchy took the name for their own.  As it is, the Empire of Seachen is probably planning an making a two-pronged attack, actively colluding with the Abomination of Shurr and pincering the defenders.”</blockquote>

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