Chapter 529: Lord Veres
In the Central District of Hollow Shade, the great seven lords and ladies of the city-state had gathered in the council chambers. The siege had left their city wounded with scars that would never heal, yet the only thought on their mind was about the young blue goblin standing before them.
Calantha looked him over, lingering on his lilac eyes. His complexion and eyes were the same as the two she had met at the Ebon Tower. “And you are…?” she asked inquisitively.
“This is the Ebon Prince, Lord Stryg of the Great House of Veres, first of his name, and you will address him as such,” answered Gale with a no-nonsense tone.
“Lord Veres?” Calantha mused wryly. “I take it Lady Elise will not be joining us today?”
“Elise is not the Lady of House Veres. You will not be seeing her on the Veres council seat any longer,” answered Gale.
“...I see,” Calantha nodded in understanding. “Please, take your seat, my lord.”
Stryg inclined his head and sat down on the last empty chair. Gale and Gian stood to his right and left respectively. The entire council stared at him without a word.
Lord Veres placed his elbows on the marble table and clasped his fingers together. “Where were we?”
Calantha silently searched his expression for any minute detail, anything to denote his motives, but his face was calm, eyes confident, posture relaxed. She had heard of this ‘Stryg’ before. A drow hybrid who had seized victory for Hollow Shade in the Mage Tourney at Undergrowth. There were rumors he was some sort of goblin, but the only goblin-like features Calantha saw in him were his slit pupils. He was far too tall for a goblin and instead of the long horizontal pointed ears of goblin-kin, he had long ears that drooped downwards, a trait she had never seen in anyone.