Journal of Hadriax el Fex
The clans have proven more resilient, more
stubborn, than we believed they would. They lie in wait and ambush
our patrols, and have had the upper hand in a few skirmishes. Their
knowledge of the land aids them, and they can disappear into it at
will.
Alessandros has taken more dire action, walking
into villages, holding some of the folk as witnesses, leveling
their homes, and destroying most of the population with the simple
use of his powers. The etherea is strong in these lands, so he has
no fear of diminishing it by such extreme use.
The example only mobilized the clans further, so
Alessandros has taken yet another tack, by currying favor with
certain clan chiefs who seem sympathetic to us, and with the
enemies of certain other clans. Alessandros gives them many gifts
and fine words, and even gives them concussives as an act of faith.
He plans to turn the clans one against the other, to weaken them,
and finally bring them into the embrace of the Empire. It is a
worthy strategy.