At Lord Fallenwinter's words, everyone present once again broke into heated discussions, with three distinct factions taking shape throughout the hall.
The first was the faction of cowards, who preferred to call themselves pacifists. They wanted to avoid direct conflict at all costs, seeking the path of negotiation.
The second, the neutral faction, consisted solely of the matriarch of the largest elven city, a metropolis home to nearly ten thousand souls.
And finally, there was the war faction.
The latter group wanted to resolve the problem in the simplest way possible: by beheading Ethan.
They had already sent scouts to Goldenveil, and from the reports these scouts brought back, they knew that Ethan commanded only about four thousand men.
At first, the sight of those enormous stone walls had struck terror into many, but as soon as the actual numbers of Ethan's forces reached their ears, relief began to spread through the hall.
They could muster ten times that force.
