“So,” Alara said, “the longer that the war lasts, the more ogres they will be able to create.”
“We’ve been fighting this war for a long time now.” Weaver leaned forwards, setting her elbows and hands flat on the table. The earrings she wore shifted between all the colors of the rainbow, and in the twinkling light, she looked to Alara to be much older than she was. “This is the longest war that our kingdom has ever fought.
“The people think that the war drags on because we are fighting against the very evil of the world. Some believe that when we win this war, and we quash the island that has long become the haven for necromancers from the world over, that we will wipe out the evil of the world along with it. They compare this to The Last War and imagine that the people fighting at the fr
