Outside Tree Snake City, the Mexica's grand camp stretched for several miles, imposing and grim. Hundreds of Alliance Warriors, armored and wielding bows, patrolled around the camp. Meanwhile, on the hill several miles away, the flag of the Chief Divine flew over White Snake City, where two thousand-strong samurai camps were stationed.
As for the more distant mountains, Cloud Serpent Mountain City stood silently and solitary atop the towering peaks. The vast Alliance camps almost completely blocked all mountain passes, cutting off most of the supply flow, especially of food and salt. Even those Alliance city-state nobles who dared to smuggle salt into the mountains would be put to death by military law if caught!
