[Re] Chapter 8 - A Declaration of War

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~3rd POV~

Having been receiving regular scout reports on the Dothraki tribe, Adriel has been preparing according to the reports of his fellow wolfs.

Making the next couple of weeks tense for Adriel's tribe as they prepared themselves for a potential war, all of who are willing to fight even if they are outnumbered by a great deal.

"Are you sure about this Alex?" asked Adriel as he watches Alexzander prepare to head out.

"Yes, I'm the fastest and the strongest. It's better for me to go" said Alexzander as he picks up his spear. "I'll be able to get an accurate measure of their numbers, weapons and if they have any witches"

"Very Well, I wish you good luck then" says Adriel with a sigh.

"Come on Adriel, I don't need luck" Alexzander adds with a grin. "I'll see you in a few days"

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Having received reports from their scouts about the Dothraki Tribe, most of which were not accurate or not recent enough. Alexzander came up with the idea for him to sneak into the Dothraki's temporary camp to get an accurate account of the tribes abilities, numbers and weaponry himself.

What Alexzander knows about the Dothraki tribe isn't actually all the much other then they are great combatants and are expert horse riders. So he needed to know what they are capable off, so Adriel can prepare his people properly.

Slowly but surely Alexzander makes his way through the forest completely unnoticeable to even the critters scurrying along the forest floor. Alexzander makes it to the Dothraki's main camp by mid day and thus begins his mission of scouting out the Dothraki tribe.

Throughout the day Alexzander notices two things of importance, The first is that the Dothraki tribe is by far larger then Adriel's atleast three or four times as large as Adriel's. So Alexzander will have to recommend Adriel to speak to some other tribes to create some sort of alliance if necessary.

Secondly is the Dothraki's care for their horses, From what Alexzadner can tell each official member of the tribe has a single horse that they personally have to take care off. This might be something they can take advantage off but it requires more looking into.

With Night time falling, Alexzander doesn't leave the forest as he plans to watch over how the Dothraki guard themselves at night, hoping for a weak point to take advantage of during a possible raid.

Alexzander doesn't get a wink off sleep as he study's the Dothraki all through the night, One thing becomes clear early on in Alexzanders watch. That the Dothraki are clearly arrogant as the guard they have for night time is minimal at best and will be easy to exploit if needed.

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Which his first Night covered Alexander has moved from his spot to get a higher vantage point to watch over the tribe for the second day and first full day.

Once again Alexzander stays and watches over Dothraki Tribe for the full day before he decides to head back home. During his second day of Scouting Alexzander finally understood why the Dothraki take such special care of their horses is because they worship some sort of horse God.

But most importantly Alexzander was able to spot a small group of Shamans or Witches in this case within the Dothraki tribe. They're few in number and don't seem all that powerful as they all look fairly young, So Alexzander doesn't see them much of a threat to his person.

Then finally before Alexzander leaves he takes notice of how the Tribe's leader isn't actually in the Tribes camp at the moment.

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Night has came by the time Alexzander makes it back to Adriel's tribes village. But he quickly notices something wrong as everyone is now carrying weapons and has this look on their faces that he can't quite place.

Entering the Village, Alex immediately heads towards Adriel's home to deliver his scouting report. Only to hear shouting from within the tent.

"We should leave, there's no point in endangering the entire tribe over your pointless pride!" An elderly voice shouts.

"This is our home, it's our right to defend it" Another older voice responds heatedly.

More voices join the argument and voices are being raised but they all fall silent as Alexzander steps into the room. Alex quickly scans the room and sees Adriel sitting silently at the head of the table.

"What's going on?" Alexzander questions noticing the worries look on all the faces.

"The Dothraki's Leader was here at around Mid day" Adriel tells Alexzander who prepares himself for the worst. "He's officially declaring war on us"

Alexzander furrows his brows confused, "That is unexpected, I expected them to just attack without warning"

"So did I" Adriel agrees.

"It must be something to do with their religion or something" Alexzander wonders outloud.

"So what are we going to do?" Ahote asks now that everyone is calmed down slightly.

"That's simple, we attack" Alexzander says.

"Attack?" An elder questions assume he miss heard.

"Yes, we attack. Immediately" Alexzander confirms.

"Explain" Adriel says not giving away his thoughts yet.

"I just spent two days watch the Dothraki, I've memorised nearly all of the entire camp. So if I take a small group of 14 men so 15 in total and we attack right now in the cover of darkness we'll do serious damage" Alexzander explains the plan that came merely a few seconds ago.

"The chance of losing you all is too high" an elder disagrees.

"You'd be right if we were attacking the people" Alexzander points out, "No, we'll be aiming to burn and destroy all their food storages and killing their horses"

"How certain are you, that you can pull this off?" Adriel questions completely serious seeing that possible benefits this plan could have if it's successful.

"I'm absolutely certain I can pull this off" Alexzander declares with utter confidence.

"Hmm, well then you best get going" Adriel says giving a nod in confirmation.

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~End of Chapter~