Liber (Jaela, Moore)

[Corwin]

"I've been thinking that once we get all nine of the traitors and their rings, we could pull off a ritual of our own," Jaela muses. "But if the Icon served a similar purpose and Alicia could challenge Semyaza over possession of it, maybe we should make a push for Lifasa as soon as we can prepare for the assault?"

[Ebiris]

"Sooner is better of course, but we're a ways off from having the numbers to retake Lifasa," Afina says.

[Anastasia]

"We'll be hard pressed to get all of them. I'd bet you money they have them locked up tighter than a princess's snatch," Adrian frowns and sits back, "If these rings are so important, they aren't going to let us get all of them without one hell of a fight."

After a pause, "However, logic dictates that because they're on Lifasa and with the traitors instead of deep in Hell, that they need to be there."

[Corwin]

"That's the thing. If the Icon's possession wasn't necessary, maybe we don't actually need all of the rings. If a friendly deity was willing to contest things with the two we have, we might get someone from Hell to show up in opposition. And if taking a world kicks all devils off it, we won't need the numbers to actually occupy it afterwards."

[Ebiris]

"I think getting pulled to Elysium kicked the devils off, and I wouldn't consider that a best result for us," Afina points out. "Though if we win decisively they'll surely retreat their forces, it's going to require a lot more than just conquering a single city like we did here. Personally I was thinking something like capturing Lixer and bargaining his freedom for Lifasa is the best way of short circuiting the whole campaign, but that's not easy either."

[Nephrite]

"In the meantime, perhaps we can work on some operations to capture or get rid of more of the Lifasan traitors?" Moore asks. "Or is that too obvious a plan considering our victory here?"

[Ebiris]

"Not right now, we're all winding down from combat," Afina says, not in the best headspace for military planning. Also she did take some wisdom damage earlier. "But you can draw up some ideas and we'll see what works in the coming days."

[Anastasia]

"We have a lot to do," Tepen says quietly, "Many options avail us and many more paths are open. Generals..." He looks up to all of you, "What does Aurora do next?"

And we'll pause there to give you all a few days to ponder this OOC. You have options and paths to consider now, after all. Tonight sometime will be the battle summary, more loot posting and sorting out all sorts of things.