Marcus had been quiet since setting off from the courtyard of the Bloodtooth castle, he had rode on his own at the very front of the company, however he was not really alone in that moment, as the ever-present Ulthu sped through the woods ahead of him, assessing the path and ensuring it was safe for the approach of the vampire king. The keenly eared species among them could hear the footsteps in the woods, they recognized them, they feared them. The Ulthu wasn't an enemy any of them would prefer to make and Marcus' summoning of them had taken them all by surprise.
The plottings and schemes that were currently taking place among the species had happened as a result of how bold they had gotten with Marcus' lack of use of the Ulthu, the conclave at which he had commanded them would be the fi
