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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1856993" data-attributes="member: 8944">Another million dollar question. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And you will be even weaker, having expended your resources alone to fight the serpentblood.  It's a double whammy.  If you truly believe that war with the North is inevitable, then you're better off loosing his forces completely now, so that you can have a chance to defeat him later.     That's how I see it, anyway.  But I let the story goes where it goes, and the dice fall where they may. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  The blades are a good start, but may not be equivalent to his freedom.  Expect him to frame it in seemingly (at least) beneficial terms - he can only bring some of his resources south to help you so long as he is imprisoned.  Weapons and his less-than-alive servants (even constructs) cannot pass south of the wall in any number, so he can give you armies, but no equipment....unless, of course, the wall (and the ward) comes down...</blockquote>