Frostbound

Our trek there took most of the afternoon and we arrived just before sundown. We stayed a distance away from the camp and made sure Kathy scouted the area so we remained unseen.

I didn't think we would remain hidden the entire time leading up to the attack but it didn't hurt to try. The longer we remained unnoticed, the less time the Mindbreaker got to plan his response.

If he didn't know we were there, he wouldn't have as much time to prepare when we started attacking.

We were a pylon away for the night and would close the distance the next morning. It was unusually quiet while we set up camp and I could tell the nerves were getting to people.

This would be an assault on a heavily fortified position. The first time we had laid siege to a camp rather than defended one.

The only thing we had left to do was scout the camp with our own eyes and confirm our plan of attack. All we had intel-wise was what Kathy could gather from her birds.

They were great and were a massive boon, but for something like this, I wanted to see it for myself before cementing a plan of attack.

It was too dark for that tonight and we set up a watch rotation for the night before tucking in. Nervous jitters ran through the camp that night but I slept like a rock.

Tomorrow held nothing new for me. I had attacked a camp before and I had killed before. Tomorrow would just have more of it. I was confident in my strength and only grew more confident after getting my bloodline.

I was as prepared as I could be.

"Attacking from the west gives us the high ground but there are no trees for cover like in the south," Hal said pointing at both areas on the map.

"The north and east are both suboptimal directions of attack. We would have to run up a hill to get there." Sam mentioned the other two directions.