They were both argumentative, determined and resourceful, and each knew his river, its shores, and the opposing forces intimately.They were both argumentative, determined and resourceful, and each knew his river, its shores, and the opposing forces intimately. Their special knowledge would be as invaluable as the Lightening Legion to the success of the campaign. This would be the first time the imperial army and navy had worked in direct cooperation. The Dark Lord disliked first times because too much could go wrong, so there was much to plan to ensure nothing did. General Timothy Oakleaf, the empire's only half-elven general followed the debating captains, looking bored at their conversation. He was taciturn and spiteful, and like most dark elves had spent his life trying to live down his elven heritage. He was fiercely competitive with his peers, a character flaw that the Dark Lord had molded from a liability to an imperial benefit. His hatred for his elven blood, like that of most half breeds cast from the light of Eslil, had become a driving conviction to destroy the race that had borne him and cast him out when he did not conform. He was the expert on elven society, customs and mind-set, and always requested stations near the Elven Kingdom. |