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[ninazu]

BURN
BRIGHT

Ninazu’s many ears twitched as the two Condemned joined her, though she didn’t glance at them. However, when Gremlin mumbled something and trembled like a leaf in a rainstorm, she chuckled and glanced at the newcomer. “Remind me, after this business is finished, and I’ll give you a bundle of furs.” She planned on giving such things to joiners when she welcomed them in meetings, but there was no reason to risk frostbite in Gremlin’s case.

Whether or not Gremlin responded, she tilted her head to the right as she refocused her attention back on the Dragon King. “Ore Mountains? That’s farther away, isn’t it? I think I see your point.” His raiding strategy mirrored the Coalition’s warbound nature, naturally, but their territory couldn’t be further opposite of each other. The Coalition had no reason to travel all that way to try and raid a place riddled with dragons; in turn, the Dragon King had no reason to take his rowdy bunch here to freeze. Ninazu grinned; sister groups, indeed.

“In theory, this sounds like a perfect arrangement.” Ninazu nodded, scratched her chin, and figured why the hell not. The crumbling of their empire proved to her the value in having real alliances, not little fools who allied with them for convenience and never returned the favor, like the traitorous Palm Glades.

“I’ll agree to an alliance. To cement it, a feast or such in your territory. And how would your citizens like to see snow? We could host a free for all ‘snowball’ fight, give our groups the chance to feel for each other on the battlefield.”

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