No one knew how it started, or how smoke suddenly swallowed the entire kingdom, or how countless bodies ended up piled across the streets. People would later remember that day as The Battle of the Dead, because at one point, many commoners truly believed the dead themselves had risen to fight.
There were countless accounts of how the Battle of the Dead unfolded because no one actually knew where it began or how the witches had infiltrated the capital. Every survivor had a different story. Some claimed the attack started at the palace gates. Others swore the first screams came from the market district. A few insisted shadows had been moving through the city long before the bloodshed began. But one thing remained the same in every tale—death came without warning.
Lucien's POV
