The Fang

"I cannot agree with this," said Hazi. "We are the roots of the All-Tree Order. If any of us falls, then the resistance against the gods falls also. If Alana falls, we cannot hide from the Shade with her magic any longer. If I fall, then our information into the Adventurer's League falters. If Thorian falls, then our ties into the Sorcerer's Order fall."

Hazi pointed his staff to Saerish. "And if you, Saerish, fall, then what of New Zerul and its people? What will they do with their queen now lost to them? The stakes are far too high."

"What else would you suggest?" said Saerish. "That we wait until the Selection begins, wiping us all out? It is only a matter of time before the gods find the Dawnbringer, and that is one half of the Apeiros Engine.