Within the royal court, Lilith, Malakor, and Sargathis stood side by side beneath the enormous pillars supporting the chamber, both wearing expressions of barely concealed confusion. The court was supposed to be filled with ministers, officers and noble representatives from the various factions that governed Velmora, yet most of the people who should have been standing behind them were simply absent.
The spaces normally occupied by the administrative officials were completely empty. Only Grand Chancellor Darbin, Amon and the officers who remained loyal to his faction were present, and even they seemed uncertain about the strange silence hanging over the chamber.
