Location:Zhū'kethara — Diplomatic Quarters
Date/Time:Cinderfall, 9942 AZI
Realm:Demon Realm
The Aetherwing delegation arrived on wings.
Five of them. They descended through the mountain's eastern ventilation shaft — the only entrance to Zhū'kethara that accommodated flight — and landed in the diplomatic courtyard with the practiced grace of beings who had been flying for millennia. Their wings folded with a sound like silk drawing through water. Their feet touched stone. Their faces held the specific, guarded composure of people who had traveled a very long way to see something they weren't sure they wanted to find.
