Chapter 434: A Tenuous Peace
“Caligo!?” Stryg coughed. “I don’t understand, why would a god attack Hollow Shade? The city has the largest temples dedicated to Caligo in the entire realm. What does he hold against Hollow Shade?”
Lunae stared up at the night sky deep in thought. “...Caligo despises the ebon lords for killing my brother, Solis.” She sighed bitterly, “Unfortunately, the truth is more complicated.”
“The ebon lords killed Solis…?” Stryg mumbled.
“That is the lie Bellum and I told Caligo, and the lie Holo spread to the rest of the world. Solis,” she bit her lip and furrowed her brow, her eyes full of pain, “Solis was never fond of the ebon lords and they feared him, that much was true. When Holo’s Shade was first founded Solis was angry; the city had been built in the heart of Dusk Valley, my brother’s lands.”
“I can imagine why he was angry,” Stryg said meekly. If some noble Houses had abruptly built a city in the middle of Vulture Woods and claimed all the surrounding lands as their own, he’d be furious too.
“Solis had plans on how to deal with the ebon lords’ encroachment and the one who helped them, Holo.”
“Holo? As in…?”
“Holo’s Shade. She is the city’s foremost founder.”
Stryg recalled his time in the Dreamscape and the woman known as Captain, the one the Monster had referred to as Holo. She had saved his life in the Dreamscape and also when he had foolishly gone to the Shadow Lake. He owed Holo his life, but the way Lunae spoke her name made it seem as if she was the enemy.