As Paloria was talking with the prone Aether, one of her children flew to the spire. The great blue dragon spoke quickly and efficiently as its human rider rode bewildered by her companion's sudden flight.
"My queen! The enemy advances! The orcs make a great battle line around the Garden of Change. Small contingents of their numbers have began to move away from the group. I fear that they plan to attack soon!"
Paloria mulled over this information. First, she ordered Aether to stay still, as she would assume full command over his forces. Flying out to her army, the Draconic Queen began to plan out the war with Frailtear and Taliesin, as Seven Needles and Worm were nowhere to be seen at this time.
Their army was great. A combination of six races lead to a total force of about two million, with many in reserve. First, they would send out their rangers, a specially trained group of humans, dru'dar, and ledians. With a total of 3oo units, they began to move out, stealthily in units of five. Secondly, Paloria sent out her dragon riders. Great drakes totalling no less than a quarter of her forces took flight. However, only a few actually went out. They scoured the ground from a bird's eye view, tracking the movements of orc bands from up high.
Mobilizing her main army, Paloria divided them into teams. Every platoon was to be its very own self-sufficient army. Each one contained a single member from every race. With over 100,000 such groups, Paloria's army was going to be a killing machine. With the remaining 1 million troops, Paloria created a standard army. Dwarves, as tankers, took to the front lines, the People of Led begrudgingly dispersed throughout them. Human cavalry came up behind them, their lances and spears held at the ready to stab any enemy that got trapped in the Dwarves' shields. Farther back came the Dru'Dar mages and human archers. Helped by the faeries, these ranks proved to be extremely accurate and effective. Then, high in the air were the dragon riders. The cream of the crop in Paloria's eyes. Ridden by humans, Dru'Dar, Ledians, and in rare cases, Dwarves, these powerful units were always accompanied by a faery.
The Dragon riders would fly behind enemy lines to rain down hellfire upon their enemies, taking out their archers in the process. The riders were always a master of either magic or weaponry and able to use their gifts to deadly appeal.
Satisfied, Paloria waited as her riders scouted out the enemy troops, relaying the information back to headquarters and then directing the special forces into position.