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[Corwin]

"Of course I will, though Amaryl or Donald would be enough as well. Together, we are unstoppable."

[Anastasia]

More water after that, "Meanwhile Water's staying out of it, no sign of anyone meaningful defying the ban there," Valar notes, "Air's rallying towards our various forces, but  in no great coordination. We have some djinn volunteers we're adding, looking to make a division of them if we get enough."

[Corwin]

"Princess Chan hasn't sent her forces to coordinate with us in attacking Fire?" Seira asks in surprise. "I know I arranged for Yan-C-Bin to strike at the dao on Earth and there is little chance of more than a loose association, but I assumed Chan would work closely with us against the efreet."

[Anastasia]

"She is next," Valar says dryly, "The djinn and Chan are two separate entities and polities." Clearing his throat and going on, "They're mustering and adding, as expected. Nothing unusual there. We've been directly compatible parts of that army to Zaaman Rul's side to help his numbers, but a majority of her forces are best suited to Earth or battlefields that are not Fire."

[Corwin]

"Let's use them for Cauldron defense and missions to strike at the efreet off Fire. I want as little chance of Chan and Yan-C-Bin's forces meeting each other as possible, and keeping them away from the same plane seems like the best thing for that. Do you have an update on his forces as well?"

[Anastasia]

"They're mostly doing their own raiding as anticipated," Valar says, "Nothing too unexpected there."

[Corwin]

Seira nods. "There is always the chance of accidents, so I want to be able to reach out to Yan-C-Bin if we spot some excessive behavior on the part of his forces before it grows into a problem. It's good that you're keeping an eye from a distance. Now, speaking of Earth, what of allied forces there and the battles themselves? Has the Great Xorn been of aid in providing targets for us to hit and xorn to liberate?"

[Anastasia]

"Yes, though going is a little slow there. Earth's nature tends to make battles more drawn out," Valar says, "And the majority of our efforts are on Fire still."

[Corwin]

"Very well. Let's move on to our other allied forces. Have those sent by Queen Morwel finished integrating with our regulars? I would like to use Lady Honeydip as the leader of a second prong of our offensive, if we're there."

[Anastasia]

"They've finished the basics," Valar says, "We're doing supplementary work but they're entirely combat ready now."

[Corwin]

"Let's start sending them out," Seira requests. "I don't know how long we'll manage to maintain the current level of spending, so the more pressure we put on the efreet and the dao right now, the better. Perhaps it would make more sense to send them to the Earth front? I'll leave that up to you."

[Anastasia]

A slight nod, "As for the quasi and para elemental planes, they're being pulled in multiple directions and responses vary," Valar says, "As of now, none of them have deeply committed."

[Corwin]

"Please elaborate, in particular with a focus on where diplomatic initiatives or a strong show of force could gain us allies or convince incompatible powers to stay out of the conflict out of self-interest."

[Anastasia]

"First of all, Ice has no particular side in this fight. I'm not clear if Water's ban extends to ice, but Cryonax is making no sign of intervening on any side, nor making opportunistic movements," Valar says, "Our information on Ice is somewhat limited at the moment due to a spy being discovered, but what we do know suggests Ice isn't making any major moves yet."

[Corwin]

"Go on," Seira voices, nodding her understanding.