Volume 27: Sudden Gust - Chapter 12: Difficult Choices

Dvanch and Bellamong walked gloomily through the streets of Ugru. They had anticipated Komer's flippant refusal to allow the soldiers to return, but they did not expect him to openly reveal his intentions of annexing the Sanjia Tribe so blatantly, which was difficult for both of them to accept. But just as Bellamong had said, they no longer had the option to "get off the ride." The Mountain People Alliance had subtly begun to exclude the Sanjia Tribe, and more and more tribes, increasing in number and size, had begun to mimic the actions of the Sanjia Tribe. This incited extreme hatred from a few stubborn tribes within the Thirteen Alliance Tribes towards the Sanjia Tribe. It was this very opening created by the Sanjia Tribe that had brewed such an uncontrollable aftermath. Now, looking to return to the past was an impossibility.