"<strong>Eager young thing. Very well, Athkore is not human anymore, If i was to allow him to leave, he would be the most powerful weapon in all of your world. How do you think that would go over for the rest of the nations of the world? You think they would allow him to continue to rule Albion. No they wouldn't they would unite against him and Albion would be plunged into another war and it would lose this time, no matter how hard each of you fought. That would be to say if all of you could retake the throne of Albion. This isn't even mentioning what the presence of a mythical creature revealed to such a wide population would do to the world. Religions that have stood for hundreds of generations would suddenly come into question. Civil wars would break out, death and destruction would follow. This is why after the gauntlet I repressed Athkores full memories knowing he would try and go back to Albion. Besides, however hard you will take it, the loss of a few thousand is not a comparable loss to the losses that would come from Athkores return to the world. It would cause the deaths of millions and the suffering of the rest.</strong>" Karsis said not getting up from his seat.<br/><br/>"Wait you have been repressing my memories all this time?? How could you I trusted you to do the right things, I thought you were my mentor for gods sake!" Arex said standing in anger. His own rights had been violated, the heroes began to notice the original King's attitude return to his body. The fiery passion that he showed each of them was returning with this argument.<br/><br/>"<strong>Yes I have, for that very reason, I am sacrificing thousands to save millions...the cruel calculus of war. My decision stands Athkore, and it will be the choice of the majority of the council as well. Your request to return to the mortal world is....denied.</strong>" Said Karsis finally standing and walking towards the balcony and quickly transforming back into his dragon form. "<strong>take a few days to consider my words. I expect you will see the logic in them. I expect to see you at the next council meeting.</strong>" Karsis stated then quickly flew off.<br/><br/>Arex's hands were clenched in fists and was on the verge of tears. Everything he thought about this land was a lie to him now. A land of peace and tranquility was only so due to sacrificing thousands of lives. How many choices such as this had been done in the past? How many lives and how much blood was on Arex's hands now.<br/><br/>"What have I become?" Arex said to himself, looking at his hands as if they were alien to him now.