The Demands of the Dead

While many people in the audience focused on the entrance of the Harbinger of Death and the Mother of Trees, with a few pointing and whispering at Heila's taboo blade or the terrifying sword of flame on Ignatious's hip, the few whispers that had begun to ripple through the crowd died instantly with several jaws snapping audibly shut at the entrance of the next two individuals. 

Behind Heila and Ignatious, Savis and Tausau exuded a dominating, almost ferral menace that paralyzed many in the Frost Walker audience with fright. People who only saw Tausau caring for his Mongrel Horde or those who saw Savis's disciplined leadership of his solders were no doubt surprised at the bloody aura spilling from the two vampires but the reaction among the Frost Walkers was considerably different.