A few Days Before The Attack:
POV Vesuvius:
Figures stood around a polished table of black marble with a large three-dimensional map on it.
There was the old count with a few strands of brown hairs appearing between the white, the small elven girl Alesia standing on a small pedestal to see the map and multiple horned kobolds in capes.
Between them stood one kobold, everyone keeping a distance from him. He looked like any other kobold, with his sleek black scales and long curled horns on his head.
The whole round hall was brightly illuminated, with light entering through massive windows of clear glass placed between tall white pillars supporting the dome of black volcanic stone.
Everything was perfectly polished, the smooth stone walls, ground, ceiling and even the table, every surface reflecting the sunlight in it.
A massive gate of polished dark wood was firmly shut, sealing the room.
