269: Broken Armistice
Many years have passed since the armistice was founded. Zuerst, upon winning the war, confiscated and banned many of Zweite's prized possessions and its most precious inheritance from the darkness.
Black magic.
Zweite was reduced in the shadows, where they lurked as the first continent prospered.
Jonathan Unsterblich—and the forsaken, in one body—had seen it all. The crippling poverty prevalent in Zweite, especially in Assiah.
"It pains me," said the Forsaken to the royals of Zweite who harbored elemental powers as well as hints of darkness in their blood. It was too faint, and only an entity such as the forsaken could sense it.
"It pains me to see how incapable you all are of taking care of your own continent," he said. "Zweite was once a prosperous haven abundant of resources. A magical reservoir."
The queen of Atziluth stepped up.
