Choosing Death to Save a Life

"Who else among the dead cries out for justice and revenge?" 

Nyrielle's words once again brought all eyes to Zedya's crimson figure. Some looked next to the coffins holding the bodies of the Black Wolf Brigade, marked by their red paw prints as though promising violence to anyone who failed to honor their deaths. But while most expected Zedya to move on to the next victims on Nyrielle's side of the tragedy, she moved instead to a cluster of six giant blocks of ice, each holding the body of a venerable and respected Frost Walker. 

"While few at the time knew for certain what had happened to young lord Hauke," Zedya began as she prepared to reveal a truth that few knew for certain even if many had already heard rumors. "Lord Ritchel understood the moment he attacked that his son had been possessed by the ancestral spirits of the horns he carried."