All That Is Evil Is Not Dark/Chapter 66

Tralin sighed deeply; he had hoped it would not come to this... Still, he was disrupting more than a thousand years of Drakel culture. The fact remained that the culture was stagnant and the Uncreator depended on that stagnation. He owed Draynor and the people of Deren more than he could ever state and he clearly needed to hold his position. He was left with no answers other then direct response.

Tralin took the artifact out with a sigh and activated it: Lorithia's gift. As the agent of the Creator, he had to act. The powers depended on creation to save itself... It was the cycle. The results were instantaneous: the magic being hurled at the king returned backward on the mages responsible. Tralin shuddered. The magic being employed was meant to kill him and consequently its effect upon the casters was predictable. Tralin watched as the people around him fell and felt a moment of remorse, but just a moment. He twisted the artifact to himself and, with a gesture, the orb of creation vanished from sight.

"It is over. K'eld Ner has been taken in the name of the Crown of Deren. We will brook no interference.... Lord Jano... go to the gates of the city and cast them open... The De'me'thar shall no longer be excluded from this K'eld." Tralin turned to the others present. "Take the one who ordered my death to the mountain gate and let him survive the mountain. Any who dislike this turn of events can either leave the K'eld peaceably or join the fate of others calling for my blood... Gather all of the messengers... We shall inform the other K’elds of the events here directly... I wish no further violence with the Drakel nation, but I will be clear... I will be recognized!"