Martin and Ellic tell Haas and company the details of what was discussed.
"The gnoll warlord Akrar has agreed to ally with us to defeat the Fey and their allies." there is a sigh, "He is clearly more interested in a great war where the gnolls come out looking as the most powerful force and where he is lord of the forest. We won't be able to convince him into a defensive or thoughtful strategy for long. We have to hope that we are given the opportunity to work with his army to earn some victories before he is killed or they are defeated."
Martin says, "I have fought alongside and against the gnolls before. This Akrak is more clever but less powerful than his predecessor. His gnolls are better trained, which both gives me hope and pause."
Ellic says, "He claims to have 200,000 gnolls. That means he has 100,000. He wants to invade scalehome. Our goal is to delay that impulse for as long as possible. We need his army, but we are years away from such a mission."
Together they explain, "For now, he is going to go back to Garlakal and prepare. A force of gnolls will remain here and a militia of Fironi will travel with him. They are just token forces to keep each side honest. For now, we need you," he looks at Ash and Grant, "to be liaisons. One of you will travel with the Fironi to Garlakal and one will camp with the gnolls here. Akrak trusts you two above any other here."