Realm of Power: Werewolf vs Vampire
“The tree connected us… guided us… protected us. Without it, spells will be weaker. Medicine will be rarer. Healing slower.”
Wanda kicked at a piece of ice. “All this was Vaelen, he was a monster.”
I took a breath. “Vaelen wasn’t a monster.”
Everyone turned to me.
“He did horrible things,” I continued. “Killed people. Hurt people. Nearly destroyed everything.”
“Yeah, pretty monstrous,” Niamh muttered.
“But,” I said, stepping forward, “he wasn’t born a monster. He was made by betrayal. By a broken system. And he tried twisted and wrong as it was to fix it.”