"My mother holds the line at Staghelm City. The enemy has not yet been driven back, so she cannot leave." Isilra answered any question the Tree of Life had.
"The demonic invasion is not yet over?" the Tree murmured, its ancient voice trailing off as it fell into a brief, heavy silence.
Seeing its pause, Isilra immediately pressed her case. "Would you consider coming with me to Staghelm City? We need your power…"
Her mission on this trip north was twofold: to forge an alliance with the Champions Alliance, and to awaken the Tree of Life and bring it back to her city. Her earlier words to the Wood Elves weren't entirely a lie; whether the Tree agreed to leave or not was ultimately its own choice to make.
However, to Orion, this was poaching. Blatant, unapologetic poaching from his territory.
