The Sunspire All these lost halos wash away

He did not know what a Pharaoh was. A Queen, maybe. He took the information with care and pocketed it in the back of his mind; it might come in handy later. Their names were unlike others he had heard.

The order that came earned a dull grunt of acknowledgement, but Glaukos took the lead and trundled along afterward, showing the elder one path or another, a series of hollows in the rock, and such things that might be tactically of value.

Why did they fight? It had occurred to him that Nyra might have done something to instigate it. She had returned to the canyon proclaiming such things, but at the time Glaukos did not heed her well. Then he had found Aventus, heard of the death of Astara — but that was Ursus, not Akashingo.

What reason did they have to join forces?