Water flowed into the battlefield, expanding the swamps. The clouds came in, dark and ominous, hiding the Virine mountains. They also kept Nelesquin’s fliers close to the ground. Prince Pyrust ordered a watch kept and, save for grazing runs the hellbats made over the swamps, or the occasional arrow launched from on wing, they did nothing.The marsh’s expansion caused us to shift our battle formation. Count Vroan took the opportunity to initiate a realignment of our positions. One of the Desei militias shifted to the left flank to cover the swamp. The Desei Hawks came next, occupying the center, but the Naleni troops moved to the right. Vroan’s westrons still held the right flank, but our lines had shifted from an east–west axis to a northeast–southwest position. This actually put Vroan’s troops closest to the enemy, but he still had the stream to guard his flank.Vroan demanded, and Pyrust agreed, to pull my half army of xidantzu and Virine troops back into a reserve position.
