"You mean there's civil war?" Shelly asked, aghast at the very notion. One of the best things about living in the Shadow World was the absence of war, with the exception of the Chaos War before she was born. Oh, there were fights and skirmishes between the elemental borders from time to time, but the genius in the landscape of the Shadow World kept those down to a minimum. While not every faction or race got along, they knew better than to battle amongst themselves. Even Aeacus didn't actively fight against the Pillar of Fire, though he'd made his hatred of her clear over the last couple decades. Wars were a human thing. The idea of a civil war in the Shadow World was… unthinkable!
"A civil war implies only two sides," Brooke shook her head. "This sounds more like complete chaos. No one seems to know who really killed Varun, but they're blaming each other. Poseidon has the largest power base, but he's nowhere near in control of his realm."
