The Mirage Void. The Void Mirrors.
Moraeon, Lord of the Boundless Expanse, swept his eyes round the wholly empty great hall of the Council of Mirrors, a bad feeling at the bottom of his heart. By the original plan, he'd have besieged Blackstone City from every direction, driving it off into other regions, dragging the other great domains into the water to fight the invaders alongside him. They had, in fact, gone and done just that, but the result fell short of his hopes. Blackstone City's territory not only hadn't shifted or shrunk back—it had swelled and spread like a flood, near enough to claim a good half of the Boundless Expanse. The thing had grown big, grown beyond control, grown past his own capacity, and along with the tension and the weight Moraeon felt, there was a faint thread of expectancy too, a tangle of feeling past putting into words for anyone outside.
