Regardless of who Papell Town was, as allies, Alterra ought to help out Ferrol a bit. Anyway, towns attacking other towns without reason weren't good partners anyway.
Besides, they couldn't let one of their greatest business partners take a loss, right? They should at least help increase their chances of winning with minimal losses.
For most outsiders, this line of thought could be seen as them being presumptuous and arrogant.
After all, what could a new Town—just a few years old—do to help out in a war between established high-level territories that had existed for decades, if not centuries?
However, there were indeed plenty of things Alterra could do, and this was probably something the other side hadn't expected.
The people from the intelligence department soon arrived with summarized information of the town about an hour or so after Althea told them to gather information, finding just enough to figure some things out.
