Weird Harold wrote:kbus888 wrote:=2014/10/30=
Guys
I'm confused
I can't find Ice Lizard Lake on the map.
I can find Cat Lizard Lake though
?? Is that the one you mean ??
R
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That or Lake Isyk and Lakeside (city).
(I'm using the map at
http://infodump.thefifthimperium.com/en ... hold/338/1 btw.)
There is an "Ice Lake" down near the 'G' in "Glacierheart Province" way down to the Southwest of Baron Green Valley's last known position.
FWIW, Going anywhere past Guarnak without taking on the AoG in winter quarters there would be suicidal, IMHO. Going even as far as the city of Five Forks to occupy the canal junctions there, is exceedingly risky if BGV sticks around for springtime there.
If I were BGV, I'd destroy or disperse the Church Army encamped at Guarnak and then move south west to liberate Hildermoss province and open the passes back into Old Province and Galcierheart so the ICA and RSA can move in force without fighting for the passes and canals they need to advance come springtime.
Lake City is between East Wing Lake and West Wing Lake using the map you referenced. I believe it might also be referred to as Lake View in the books.
As for riskiness, did Wyrshym not say that he was sending his dragons back west for the winter? He mentioned something about not having enough cargo capacity through winter because of it. There might well be a goodly number of ice lizards at his disposal. His comments suggest that he would be hard pressed to feed his troops and the refugees through the winter. So, if BGV holds Lake City/Lake View, he has primarily ice lizards come summer and very few dragons. I doubt ice lizards would do well carrying freight in summer.
So, the choice is to move North now with ice lizards that are optimized for winter but troops that are not or move in summer with ice lizards that are not optimized and troops that are. In either case Wyrshym MUST move before the RSA's newly formed troops are ready to get a piece of their own back. Wyrshym simply doesn't have the supplies to stay in Guarnak.
BGV's greatest risk comes during the journey. If the towns he has to take burn their supplies before he gets their, he will run out of provisions before he reaches Lake City. I suspect that won't happen but is a risk. Mitigating that slightly are the dragoons. The distance from Hyrdmyn to Cat-lizard Lake is approximately what High Mount traveled to flank Ahlvahrez's force in Shiloh. The dragoons can move to secure Cat-lizard Lake right after BGV takes Ohrlahn. The move on Ohrlahn would be a surprise as most would expect BGV to move against Guarnak. The dragoons could make it to Lake City well before Winter ends with the infantry coming along later, just as was done in the Kiplinger.
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