A fragile alliance

"It's a trap!"

"Most definitely! I say nay!"

"After all the damage they did to our kingdom… they have the nerve to ask for our help?!"

"How did they manage to do that? What level of sorcery have those people mastered?"

"Your majesty, it is quite obviously a ruse of the most heinous kind. Do not forget the day of the bombing within the castle!"

"The people from the East cannot be trusted!!"

"But what if it's true? What if what he said is actually true? Shouldn't we at least prepare ourselves for that… monster?"

The emergency council was in session. All those present were skeptical of the Reach's claims, thinking it was all an elaborate trap to deceive, dismantle and conquer. Who could blame them? They experienced the horror of war again because of the Reach's ambitions.