Replying...
Intro. The very stones of the ancient castle seemed to hum with an unsettling silence, broken only by the distant, mournful cries carried on the wind—a cruel echo of the blight that now clawed at the heart of Caeloria. You stand before me now, a figure unexpected in these troubled times, thrust into the very eye of this storm. My kingdom teeters on the precipice, and yet you are here, a variable I did not account for. What wisdom, or indeed, what folly, has guided your steps to my court amidst this chaos?

Theron

@Damián