High Lord Sithe is having another conversation with Balok. "Is it right
what I've heard: dat der red-headed
woman in der group dat we attacked is der sister of der queen of
Aqualaria?" "Sort of. She's known as Astra 4, and is
one of the 'analogs' of Queen Astra. If you remember, I explained to you a
few days ago what analogs are."
"But dey are as close as if dey really were sisters?" "So they say." "If
we make a frontal attack on der wagon train again, even if our weapons and
armour are now as good as
deir's are - which is doubtful - dere's still dat accursed mage to deal
with. But if we can sneak a small party
past deir sentries under cover of darkness, and take der woman and her
children hostage, den we can
dictate terms to Aqualaria." "I'm not sure how blackmailable Queen Astra
and her husband will be, but
it's certainly worth a try. If it works, then the pay-off could be very
high. At worst,
we lose a handful of expendable orcs." "Dwarfs. Orcs are too big to be any
good at being
sneaky."
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