"To be blunt, sly schemers battling for power against stubborn blusterers. Long ago, both of them ruled a king

"To be blunt, sly schemers battling for power against stubborn blusterers. Long ago, both of them ruled a kingdom of their own — the Surtovas ruled over Issia, and the Aldori Swordlords over Rostland. Then Choral Rogarvia came in with his dragons and made it abundantly clear to everyone that everything they saw around them was his."