First Intermission
In an undisclosed place, there was a gathering of four powerful and influential people with some sort of connection with the Church of Light. They all sat around a circular stone table
Any physical features these people had that could identify them were obscured by thick black cloaks and metal animal masks they wore.
The animals the masks were designed after were that of a cat, fox, bear, and hawk.
The masks were also enchanted to change their voices and the people here would only reference each other by the kind of animal mask they wore. A precaution in the unlikely instance that someone was listening in to their conversation.
Hawk: “Do you know why I called this meeting today?”
Bear: “Is this about who the next Light Speaker will be?”
Cat: “Bear, don’t be a fool. It would be pointless to have a meeting about that. We all know Archbishop Beck is the one who will take that position.”
Fox: “Is this about the Witch hunters, Hawk? I hear the infighting has gotten intense. The organization risks splitting, which will cause us problems if it does.”
Hawk: “It seems that all of your information is a little behind mine. The issue today that I wanted to bring to your attention was, the lands south of the Warring States have been taken over by the Red Church.”