Who: Anyone in Group 3 who wants to join the discussion When: 9:45, Evening 25 Molioris (After everyone who has been recruited has been recruited, and the group arrives in the forrest.) Where: On the road south Summary: Group 3 needs to discuss tactics, possibly branching out from the "random people charge ahead" plan they currently employ.
It was the evening meal when Con finally decided to speak up. He didn't want to pull them aside when they were traveling, especially since they had so much time to make up for. But with the group stopping to eat, he thought that encouraging the dinner conversation in this direction would be a good use of their time.
"I think we should probably talk about our tactics." He glanced around at the group, and took a bite of his food before continuing. "I mean... so far we've done alright, but we've been pretty lucky. We've fought disorganized gangs, bandits, and slavers who probably lost mostly because we took them by surprise. We all come from different places, have different reasons for being here, but we're about to walk into the Blight. We need to work together, and watch each others backs if we're gonna survive."
He rubbed his chin, and leaned back, contemplating them. It occurred to Conlan that the style of organization he was used to, the way mercenary bands brought together for one job organized themselves, was probably best here. The soldiers were used to the army, those in gangs, and even Faer would be used to being with groups of people who all came from the same place, and had the same ways of doing things. And the people who weren't used to working in a group were used to working alone.
"I suppose we shouldn't be looking for military discipline here. I mean some of us have never been in a real, proper fight. Some of us have been in some pretty decent scraps, and some of us have gone off to war. I think what we need to do is try to get a general idea of who is best, where. Ya know, who should be defending, who should be attacking, who should and should not be looting corpses. Just so we have an idea of what we'll be doing if we get jumped by an angry gang of darkspawn."