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General:
Hey folks, sorry that I have to answer your questions by proxy, but I'm out of town this weekend, and won't have forum access. Ronin will speak for me, though you should be able to find me on IRC in #rpboards in the evenings. I'll make an effort to check in.

Zephyrial: While I considered having a separate category of "wounded" soldiers, I ultimately discarded the idea as being too finicky. The men deducted from your command are dead, and will not be returning, or are too badly wounded to continue the fight, and thus have withdrawn from the camp. Who lives and who dies is at your discretion for your command.

DNW: I will refer you to my previous comments regarding your ability to decide who among your command dies.

I will, however, disagree with you regarding the hardiness of warhorses. Horses, while capable of shouldering heavy burdens, and executing trained war tricks, are actually some of the most fragile large animals. Any number of things can and do go wrong, leading warhorses to an early death or an early retirement from the field. This is what made trained warhorses so valuable during the Middle Ages, and what made knights so expensive to maintain and employ. Ultimately, I am assuming that Thanisgard brought enough horses to remount about half the force, so I imagine you have spares on hand.

As to the question of the heaviness of your casualties, I can only say that casualties are assessed on a percentage basis. Thus, as you have the largest force, you will naturally experience casualties at a higher rate. Additionally your unit actually suffered the lowers percentage of casualties of any Alliance force that participated in the battle, with the possible exception of the Oramus Collective.

Bastet: To answer your PM, you a free to attempt a sabotage mission against Domrius, but that will entail sneaking past the forward base, then the scouts and guards of the main camp. I'll judge the action and resolve the matter prior to my next battle setup.