With the grand strategy of The Gauntlet agreed upon, the meeting bordered on other, more immediate issues.
They discussed the integration of the latest members who had been freed from the King's dungeons and the official welcoming of Varyn to the core council.
The heaviest matter, however, was Adrian's3 new and unforeseen role as the King of Zarion. Varyn, with his decades of experience, offered counsel on the intricate politics of the nobility and the traditions that, while seemingly archaic to Adrian, held significant sway over the populace.
Adrian, in turn, shared a sliver of his true ambition. He spoke of a future where Zarion was not the end goal, but the beginning. A future where he would unite the entire world and races — in time to face the oncoming threat as one.
There were immense complexities to that happening, but Adrian already had a mind map of the branching paths he could take to slowly achieve that grand unification.
