"Races, we have not met many races. We are protected here by the ways of the ember and our relationship with the wise ones in the flames beyond our farmlands." one of the more well dressed nobles and begun to speak while the smoldering ember was listening to all things.
The smoldering ember appeared to be more of a recorder and a guide than anything. The traditions of their society were more established. Things were a lot less like the ways that Walker had begun to expect.
They had believer that there would be a lot of the generic issues that they expected from other nobles. However, they were seeing that there was more traditional and breaking that tradition was even more terrifying than any emotional ego related to who was or was not powerful.
On top of that, there was the fact that a greater deal of what they were doing was allowing for the smoldering ember, their guide and foremost figure, to learn and improve the decisions that would be made for all of their people.
