Lorag pointed to the courtyard on the map, next to the main gate. "Well, for one, we're going to want to fan out as soon as we get in. Maybe try to take control of the walls on either side. We do that, and we can put up some ladders to bring in everyone else. If we don't, then we'll only have one way into the fortress, and that's a weakness I know that cat will exploit."

"Agreed." Ri'vashi responded. "And if we spread out into groups, we can assault the keep from different angles. Of the entrances we have observed, one is on the ground level, accessible through the courtyard, while there are two more above that can be reached by bridges from the walls. Trying to fight our way into the keep will inevitably create bottlenecks, so we will want to attack from as many directions at once as we can to maximize the number of our warriors who can be fighting at once. From there...well, we do not know what to expect once we are in the keep."

Meesei's response to Gallus' questions was less certain. "As for resisting the suppression gas...I do not know if I can guarantee that is possible. The person who created the suppression gas, and has the greatest understanding of it, is currently in Black Marsh. She shared that knowledge with Sabine, but I am uncertain if we have the proper ingredients to create a countermeasure. As well, we do not know if that potion will work against this new gas. Vile's forces likely spent the last few years working to recreate the gas after we destroyed their supply in Morrowind. From my understanding of alchemy, there are often multiple formulas that can create the same effects, so this gas may have a different make up. The same countermeasure may not work against it. We can still attempt it, of course, but we cannot count on it working."

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Irenya gave a somewhat solemn nod. "Yes, the Red Year displaced many Dunmer. Living in the south, my family did not have to worry about fleeing Red Mountain; it was the invasion that displaced us. The Argonians focused most of their efforts on attacking Telvanni lands, since they were the ones who practiced slavery on the largest scale. But, my family had moved from Narsis by that point, so we were on the borders of Telvanni holdings. When the Argonian armies stormed in from the south, some of the former slaves in the area learned of the approaching force. They had been freed a few years earlier, when King Helseth outlawed slavery, but they were still resentful towards us. They took up arms, and with most of the village's soldiers away to fight the Argonians, there were few left to defend us. They captured everyone they could, tortured former slaveowners, and publicly executed others, especially our leaders. My mother and I barely escaped with our lives. My father...did not."