"Who is Henry?"
While the dragons reacted to his name with fear and hatred, the elves watched them with confused expressions, unable to understand why a single man had caused such terror to spread throughout the throne room.
"A man who once led the Ice Dragons," Marcus answered. "But he has since lost what remained of his sanity and turned himself into a taboo this world must never tolerate."
For the first time since the elves had entered Blackspire, Marcus showed no anger toward them. He explained the situation slowly, his hatred focused entirely upon Henry as Max watched the chaos within the chamber grow even worse.
Questions and frightened murmurs spread through the crowd. The elves had entered the meeting expecting to discuss two approaching empires, only to discover that another enemy had already been stalking the lands surrounding Blackspire.
"We will discuss this later, Rosalia," Max said as he rose from his throne.
