Negotiations between the Alfheim Dominion and their Svartalfheim rivals had started off in Lunaria's favor. She had successfully been able to intimidate her Dark Elf counterpart by playing the single biggest upset to the Alfheim Dominion in recent memory as a win for her vassals.
After all, the Germanic Star-Empire had won one hundred out of one hundred wars, which they had fought since the beginning of their interstellar civilization. And were quite well renowned, as a regional power, that could contend with sub-galactic powers so long as they were supported by the Alfheim Dominion, especially in regards to logistics and reinforcements.
However, what had shocked the galaxy was the fact that the Germanic Star-Empire had fought in the face of annihilation and emerged victorious against one of the largest galactic menaces. This baffled most, if not all, observers. And filled them with both fear and respect.