With power comes status

In the main tent, with Princess Kyra and Prince Tavorn seated at the head of the table, the meeting continued.

"I do not know the true nature of those...monstrosities," she admitted at last. "But I intend to find out. And whoever - or whatever - is responsible for unleashing them shall face the fullest extent of our combined retribution." Her words carried a tone of such grim finality that a heavy pall fell over the gathered lords.

They had all been witnesses to the primal fury exhibited by those giants of battle. And if that was but a foreshadowing of the true horrors yet to be unveiled, their path towards victory had just become irrevocably shrouded in shadow.