Chapter 31Dan-Tor gazed down from the high platform that had been built on top of the temporary structure now serving as a gate to the Palace. On either side of him, resplendent in full dress uniform, stood Urssain and Aelang, while behind him stood Dilrap, together with several other senior palace officials and Mathidrin Commanders.
In front of them, disappearing into the darkness, the two great avenues that the unleashed Oklar had cut through the City were lined with crowds, upturned faces mottled and seething in the harsh light of the globes that illuminated the immediate vicinity of the Palace.
An excited clamour rose up around the high-placed watchers.
Dan-Tor stepped forward and placed both hands on the guard rail at the front of the platform. For a moment he looked up and down th
