"A surprise?" said Thorin, not sure what she meant by that, as he knew that they were almost sure of winning this Inter Family Tournament.
They were, after all, the strongest there was. Nobody could rival them, in fact, not a single one out of the high-level families could dream of becoming a founding family.
Because it was told in the name, there were the founding families, the ones which had been the strongest a long time ago, well... that was what the history said at least.
"Yes, a surprise, who knows? Maybe this year, someone will be able to surpass our youngsters," said Melinda with a completely serious expression.
The Nightshade Patriarch who had been silent since earlier spoke up for the first time as he seemed quite dissatisfied with the words that he was currently hearing.