As the voices calmed, Earconwald assumed a frown of grim determination. “For we go, my brothers, to avenge an act of perfidy, an act both shameful and cowardly, an act worthy of only vile animals. In kindness and concern for our fellow men in Eormenlond, we sent priests of the Way, men of purity and the Eternal of Edan, to enlighten those who live in darkness. We are light in the darkness, and Edan calls us to spread His salvation. But often when a man extends a hand to a beast, it bites the helping hand.
