The sight tore something open inside them.
There had been a time when the Elf Palace had been devastated under betrayal.
Years ago, before they arrived at this point where they entered the Dungeon World, before these trials, the Elf Palace had suffered a catastrophe that none of them could forget.
The traitor had been Laston, King Gulben's own brother, Aurdis and Aerchon' uncle. He had sought the power hidden deep within the city, power meant to protect their people, not be wielded by ambition and greed.
When he failed to seize it outright and was found by Aerchon and Saeldir, Laston had chosen cruelty instead.
Before escaping to another world and becoming a Cyber-Mage who fused Magic with machines, he had unleashed a cursed spell upon the Elf Palace.
It had not been a spell meant to destroy buildings or walls. It had been designed to break the Elves themselves.
