There's undoubtedly a fairly large contingent of allied troops defending Somyr and blocking the Desnairan supply line from Silkiah, so Ahlverez would have to get past it. That would likely have some rather brutal results, since if the raft-building scheme to cross the Seridahn worked, Ahlverez would probably be forced to leave any artillery he had with him behind.n7axw wrote:Probably Ahlvarez's best bet is to continue toward Thesmar and to pass north of Thesmar to the Sherdian just south of that forest Cheryk is in the middle of. Then use the trees from that forest to build rafts to ferry his troops across the river. Once across, he can slip into Silkiah and get to Dohlar that way. Of course, if he has someone like DE in Hot pursuit, this would only get him pinned to the river.
But otherwise there would be no one in easy range to engage him. I agree Ahlvarez is in no shape to be engaging anyone in battle.
Don
His best bet would be to capture a few barges and set up a rope ferry to cross the river, which would allow him to bring all his supplies and artillery along - presuming that his army isn't discovered and pinned against the river by allied troops, in which case he'd spend the rest of the war as a senior POW, which is fine with me!
Once he's across the river, he can head north to Evrytyn and join the sizable Dohlaran contingent there, (where he'd actually be useful) or he can head for Silkiah and hope he can fight his way past the previously mentioned garrison at Somyr, which he doesn't know exists. If he manages that, he and the survivors of his army should eventually reach the Desnairan supplies that have accumulated along the Somyr river in northern Silkiah.
From there he can barge and march his Dohlaran troops to Port Salthar on the Gulf of Dohlar, and then make the short voyage to Gorath.
Somehow I don't think that he is going to be that lucky...