Pain

From Dialogues With Brynadan...

Whether it was the call of the Mün or the invisible corruption of beyond-black Analumos, I saw with my eyes the pain Allistair-Allistdan suffered before the fateful ultimatum he would bellow at the Starspires North Gate:  surrender Imidan the Betrayer.  Else he, his combined Tribes Horde, the reunited Dwarves, the packs of the Elderpines, and the Gnomish contraptions would dismantle the capital city.  Allistdan would infect every Human there.  All magic, Fractured or not, would be laid lower than dust, and his wrath still might not be quenched...

For my then-future mate knew that the city was not to blame for the craven Imidan to seek asylum there. Nevertheless, Allistair-Allistdan was forced to make the darkest threats possible to break the leadership nerve to obey...