Negotiations start

"Return," she commanded the surviving E-vampires, who had been frozen on the spot since her command to halt. 

They did so without a fuss. Eldrian was impressed until he realized they were likely just a slight step above the thralls. 'Most likely can't even determine their own futures, truly the perfect guards... I guess they didn't charge me because they wanted. Are they aware?' 

Eldrian was unsure if he should feel sad that he had killed them so heartlessly, or consider that he had released them. He went with the second. After all, they fell under the unwilling category. Surely, that meant they would wish for death, or at least welcome it when it arrives. 

He was unsure how much intelligence they retained. None of them had attempted to speak, though they had incanted the chants and words of power for their spells.