The First Attack!

Roan continued, "The reason I'm moving such a huge portion of my army is to make sure that Himisve wouldn't wait in the capital for the outcome. With this many, he'll understand that the critical point will arrive quickly. With that in mind, he'll have to intervene, regardless of whether he's winning or losing. He definitely wants to use that Sect Oath you talked about."

"Also..." Rean added another piece. "We want to lure him far away from anyone's eyes. After all, we doubt his armies are free of spies, unlike our own. We want everything to be far from prying eyes. That's another reason to force him out this early. If possible, Roan and I want to keep the fact we have a lot of Transition Realm warriors hidden."