She listened intently, and there was a phrase she caught her by surprise. The spell we created - did he truly mean that he helped create the Veil? If this man was truly who he said he was, an ancient elf from the times before the Veil, and he had helped create it to lock Elgar'nan and the others away, and was now afraid of what he might do once returned...
Well, this put a different spin on things entirely. She'd much rather learn how to ease people into this new way of living, but if war was on the horizon that called for something else entirely. Efforts had been made to starve out the Free Marches, bands of people with unusual vallaslin behind it. Word out of Antiva was not good, and the name Elgar'nan was at the center. And now Revas was here, offering aid against him...
This was bad. Much worse than she'd realized - perhaps than any of them realized.
[color=#68c4e8]"No, I understand, it's just - I don't think we understand the scope of the danger that Elgar'nan poses. And now I might be starting to if you were willing to create the Veil to stop him."[/color] The weight of it was starting to settle on her, and the wheels were starting to turn as to what she needed to do next.
[color=#68c4e8]"I agree that if a conqueror will be coming to our doorstep that we won't have the luxury of transitioning in the way I hoped,"[/color] she said, an air of sorrow about the words as if letting go of hopes and dreams she held.
[color=#68c4e8]"And I would gladly accept any aid in preparing for that. I can speak with Sebastian, and his miliary advisor Inez, I'd just need to know what to tell them, to show them. If the evidence is compelling that we are facing a dire threat I have no doubt they will act accordingly. And we will need help preparing. So whatever suggestions you have, please, I am listening."[/color] She was not one to dismiss aid when offered, or warnings when presented. Too often there had been terrible consequences when such things were ignored, and she was neither too proud nor too ignorant to do so.
Well, this put a different spin on things entirely. She'd much rather learn how to ease people into this new way of living, but if war was on the horizon that called for something else entirely. Efforts had been made to starve out the Free Marches, bands of people with unusual vallaslin behind it. Word out of Antiva was not good, and the name Elgar'nan was at the center. And now Revas was here, offering aid against him...
This was bad. Much worse than she'd realized - perhaps than any of them realized.
[color=#68c4e8]"No, I understand, it's just - I don't think we understand the scope of the danger that Elgar'nan poses. And now I might be starting to if you were willing to create the Veil to stop him."[/color] The weight of it was starting to settle on her, and the wheels were starting to turn as to what she needed to do next.
[color=#68c4e8]"I agree that if a conqueror will be coming to our doorstep that we won't have the luxury of transitioning in the way I hoped,"[/color] she said, an air of sorrow about the words as if letting go of hopes and dreams she held.
[color=#68c4e8]"And I would gladly accept any aid in preparing for that. I can speak with Sebastian, and his miliary advisor Inez, I'd just need to know what to tell them, to show them. If the evidence is compelling that we are facing a dire threat I have no doubt they will act accordingly. And we will need help preparing. So whatever suggestions you have, please, I am listening."[/color] She was not one to dismiss aid when offered, or warnings when presented. Too often there had been terrible consequences when such things were ignored, and she was neither too proud nor too ignorant to do so.
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