Leon couldn't help but let out a snort as Breck mentioned his timeline. It was a well known idiom that plans never survived the opening shots of a battle. If Breck expected this to last past the new year, everyone should get comfortable, because it meant they could be here for multiple years cleaning out the same scum over and over again. Were the city not such a symbol for the government in exile, it would have been put to the torch by now.

[i]Ashaba's Talons,[/i] Leon thought, intrigued that the original thieves' guild survived the plagues onset and still seemed to be operating in the city. Of course, the black market would be hugely profitable... but anywhere Thayans were, was a place no one else wanted to be. Still, he liked thieves' guilds, not only would they have many tools of their trade available, they were usually the easiest to motivate and the most predictable when it came to betraying you. 

The Red Wizards on the other hand... better not to meet them at all. Despite being relatively few in number, even one Red Wizard could field a company sized unit of undead and/or demons. It was their specialty to use these kinds of forces to wear down their opponents, though they were no slouch in combat either. Not as fireball-y as an evocationist, but still powerful enough to choke the life from you at 30 or so feet. They would undoubtedly have to die to a man.

And then the brave... loyal... stupid watchmen. Even if they weren't corrupt by now, how much longer did they really expect to last without outside help. Hells, half of them were probably plague ridden themselves. Still, they sounded like the most directly experienced with combat, and if that was the case, shining even a sliver of hope among their number could turn them into an effective fighting force. 

He watched Breck's hand trace the lines of the swords on the crossed sword piece. Each of the pieces so far had been represented by a faction similar in function the piece chosen. Cross blades could mean another band of mercenaries, bandits, or other trouble, but it could also be used to represent something darker. An assassin's guild, perhaps? Equally useful as the thieve's guild, but with a much higher penchant for murder among their own.