"Members of the elven race."
"Hear me."
The words hit the silence like a bell, and Serelis felt them in her teeth.
"The Council conspired against their sworn sovereign. They plotted my downfall, imprisoned me in chains, and attempted to install a puppet queen on the throne you and your ancestors elected me to hold."
Her voice carried a certainty all elves knew their wise queen for, every syllable decided before she opened her mouth.
The accusation swept across the battlefield, and Serelis watched the soldiers around her go still as it landed.
"By my right as Queen of all elves, I declare every member of the sitting council an enemy of the elven race."
"Every member?!" Serelis heard her own soldiers gasp. Her accusing the elven councillors of crimes could be understood, but the Alliance of Elvardia wasn't just about the elves.
The council itself was made up of dwarves and elves in equal measure. Thus, when she accused 'every member...'
