Listening to the question, Lorwen's expression did not falter. She had expected Thoren to ask this sooner or later.
"That's the question many have asked in private," she said, pausing to arrange her thoughts.
If Thoren had been an ordinary awakener, someone unable to influence the situation, she would not have explained any of this to him.
There would have been no reason to.
The less an ordinary awakener knew about the Federation's internal affairs, the safer they were.
But Thoren was not ordinary.
He alone was becoming a force that could no longer be ignored.
He might have only just conquered the second floor, still far from the strongest awakener in the Federation, but the speed of his rise was something none of them had seen before.
It wasn't only his strength that set him apart. It was how quickly he had built his influence. It was the powerful undead under his command.
