[It's as if the stare to the scars cause to itch, down to his... neck.

Nyx hadn't realized his scars had spidered down to the nape of his neck, beyond his jaw. If he looks in a mirror, what sort of face would he see?]

It's a long story. You might... you might want to sit for it. I don't know how much the King told you before the siege.

[Had the prince known that it was all a ruse? That the attacks were foreseen, and still King Regis let them happen, just to safeguard his son and the Ring? War was, is a messy business.

Nyx doesn't know if it's his place to tell the story, if at all, but who else was left of the Glaive, besides Libertus? Who else knew of the conspiracy, besides himself, his best friend, and Princess Lunafreya?]

Drautos had been working with the Empire. I don't know for how long but long enough to be behind the siege, at least in part. [And no doubt many other attacks, and failed campaigns, now that he thinks on it.] The Ring nearly didn't make it out of the city. I... used it, for a little while, to buy the princess some time to get out of the city to meet with you. She took the Ring with her, after I made some deals with your ancestors.

[Best to not mention quite yet how that conversation went.]