Lord-Captain Veyris Kaelthar stood in darkness so complete that it seemed to press against his eyes like a physical weight. He had been here for hours and had barely moved from his position. Despite the darkness, he was familiar with this place because it was built beneath every major city on this continent.
No city could remain under Asulon's domain without making this place a part of their foundation, and the entirety of this continent fell under the Great Royal House Arathor, Stormcrown, whose Ascendant Asulon Arathor ruled over the entire continent from his Lightning-crowned mountain peak.
House Kaelthar was one of the lesser noble houses under House Arathor, and they were on the rise because the Queen-Regent was an Ancestor of House Kaelthar, but she had many enemies at court, even though she was the one who should hold the ears of the Storm Ascendant.
