The War Begins (3)
Two days ago.
Upon his return, Basil immediately gathered every Elven Chieftain that had participated in the battle and some of their Elders in the Chieftain's meeting room. Some of the Dwarven Elders questioned him why he didn't invite them and he told them that it was better for them to rest than participate in the boring discussion that he would have with the Chieftains.
They immediately bought it. See, Dwarves were honest creatures. They were extremely bad at lying. Since Basil was going to talk about the matter regarding Grittenhein, he didn't want any Dwarves to know about it. He was hiding the predicament that Grittenhein soon would face from Manfred, so letting the Dwarf tell him was not a good idea.
"Is there something urgent that you need to tell us, Lord Basil?" one of the Elders immediately asked as soon as Basil sat down. "Also, why do you have to bring that…thing to our meeting room?"