The Rebel Army's camps were all half-buried in the ground, with tattered cloth stretched over the top and covered with grass, leaves, and other camouflage. Their strongholds were in the swamps, where any Lobster Soldiers or Knights who rashly entered would find themselves sinking with every step. The unlucky ones would be swallowed whole by the dark gray mire.
Only the Gray Elves knew for sure where the ground wasn't soft mud, where they could lay down wooden planks for passage, and then retrieve them afterward.
A fierce debate erupted within the Rebel Army over whether to relieve the besieged town.
Some argued that taking the city had been no easy feat, and the establishment of the Reconstruction Council could inspire their compatriots across El Island to resist the Kingdom.
