Getting the band together

[Corwin]

"Tell me more!"

[Anastasia]

"Burning salt fills the air - it's a salt deposit that burns and burns and burns," Donald reports, "If you need to breathe, you die without protection. The miasma's poisonous as well, which makes it even more hostile to life."

[Corwin]

"I can live there. What else? And what's our target there?"

[Anastasia]

"Sometimes the salt catches ablaze and steams, creating thick fog clouds of burning, poisonous steam that can stop an attack cold," Donald says. "The target is the Burning Salt Flats Mine, a which has a lot of slaves as not only is there salt, but deeper in, there's boiling adamantine that's siphoned and harvested."

[Corwin]

"How strong are the dimensional barriers? Getting those people out would necessitate getting portals out, and it can't be me if I'm running defense. Also, how many slaves at a rough estimate?"

[Anastasia]

"Moderately strong to begin with, probably reinforced now," Donald says, "Weaker deep in the mines and the depths, but the boiling adamantine and hostile conditions stop most attacks from that direction."

[Corwin]

"No, you misunderstood. I can break past most defenses, and lead a dedicated team inside so that they could get these people out. So how strong does this team need to be to punch through the defenses while breaking out?"

[Anastasia]

"Strong, if they're reinforced it," Donald says. "We aren't clear on how much they have, but I doubt it'll be light."

[Corwin]

"Do we have an estimate for the amount of slaves, the amount of defenders or any notable mages present?"

[Anastasia]

"Thousands," Donald says, "At least. As for the defenders we'd expect the same and we don't have good intel on who has been moved there yet."

[Corwin]

"Give me all the intelligence we have on this target, and I'll devise a plan to hit it with Oraga upon her return," Seira decides, before turning to the Great Xorn. "Is there anything in your war efforts that we could be of help to?"

[Anastasia]

"Magic," The Great Xorn says, "We could use more magic to help us."

[Corwin]

Seira nods at the request. "Elle won't take more than a week for her current task, so please use that time to map out your needs more in depth. She'll be the focal point for you on this front."

Smiling at her friend, Seira tells her, "Naturally, the Cauldron's resources are at your disposal once you know better what's required, be it healers, wizards, summoners, magic items or outright new spells for specific purposes."

[Anastasia]

"Oh, we need a lot that aren't rock and stone mages, you know how it goes for that," The Great Xorn agrees, "Like the time I fought those djinn and I couldn't find a wind mage there to save my life."

[Corwin]

"We've got your back," Seira promises him. In fact, Chan's forces may well be of use there.

"One last thing. How is Zaaman Rul faring? What are his plans?"