[Saxon]

Max,

Good points, but I did not provide two bits of info. First, I am playing as Abysia! I don't actually want to push the cold scale down. Second, it is a big, long term choke point, so I have 51 PD. Protecting that investment was important, so pulling out was not an attractive option. I do not normally put such levels of PD down, but in key locations where you expect multiple attacks, it is a valuable tool.

Why was Abysia casting Murderous Winter? Well, obviously I did not understand it well to start with. Also, the water gems were not terribly valuable to me otherwise and I figured that knocking out half an army would be a good use of them.