Hunters and relatives of Rakaw (now officially brethren of Rohlou) joined other fowls streaking across the twilit sky. So far there had been a sort of professional courtesy among them- They simply avoided one another and there were no conflicts. So it used to be.
Rohlou, thinking himself smart having been the first to think of such a thing, centralized his operations in the Marsh-belt, and sent singular crows out to carry news from place to place. The rest of his force were set up in a series of ambushes. Several groups of Birds were caught completely unaware by this change in tactics before word spread and Rohlou was forced to reposition.
Essen espied the crows flitting between the shivering tree-tops and directed small strike teams of hawks to assault them, then winged off toward the A
