△ "What, happened to our homeworld? What caused it to perish?"
invasive questions meme ;; accepting
the audacity of asking such a question to zarkon … BAFFLING. time itself stops for the barest moment ( it is just as afraid of the terrible power of that day ) and zarkon’s returning gaze alone brings time back to its snail paced LIFE. what happened on that day is legend, rumor even, and many do not know of it. until n o w.
‘on that day… we were ATTACKED. the ones i knew as allies became our enemies. the alteans.’ he ground out the name as a curse, the tendons in his hands drawn tight as a bowstring on his throne. ‘if they were not attacking us, they ignored our w a i l s for aid. a payment…’ violet eyes fall closed as he feels his back draw into a shudder. ‘even if i had the black lion on my side, the others were able to take our home from us. their forces outnumbered us… and they kept the black lion from me so she could not help. it was all for what? to make an E X A M P L E of us? i was going to make us strong and the most powerful force in the universe! and king alfor decided to destroy us in order to try and STOP me from making us both strong.’
the shaking in zarkon’s breaths are hard and laborious. ‘king alfor did not agree with the gathering of quintessence. so he destroyed us… and so i returned what he sought.’ and now the story is known. however there are often two sides to a story … and only CONQUERERS tell tales that paint them in glory and pity.