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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IcedEarth81" data-source="post: 3935160" data-attributes="member: 47224">Spoilers aheadAs far as the enemy units go, it's the difference between carrying out a siege and being sieged yourself. Also, the enemy figured that the K'ell Hunters would protect them regardless. The Pannion never really had a great strategy. He had the matron, the K'ell hunters, and the tenescowri.They weren't trying to delay Brood. The Bridgeburners and Onearm went in first to prepare for the battle ahead. Kallor delayed Brood because that's what the Crippled God wanted. Brood later realized his mistake in delaying and wishes he would have hurried onto the battle with Whiskeyjack. One-arm's Host, The Bridgeburners, Brood, nor Rake knew about the Segulah and Lady Envy, nor did they know about Togg and Fanderay. Heck, nobody really knew if Rake was going to show up or not. The Host and the BBs infiltrated the city because that's what they fealt like they needed to do.The reason Itkovian released the Imass before the battle was because when they die they go into oblivion. Sure, he could have waited until after but some of them would have, as far as they knew at that point (before the Beast Hold stuff), been lost in oblivion. I disagree with the self-centered and cruel part. It would have been cruel for him to let them go into battle and get destroyed before releasing them. His part was all about self sacrifice. Agree about the necromancers. The ending of the story is indeed heartbreaking. That's the point. To stop this terrible empire they had to sacrifice a lot. Erikson's novels are all about pain, death, friendship, and perserverance. There's a lot more death in this series, and most of it is heartbreaking. His latest book is no exception. It's something I love about the series.</blockquote>

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