If anyone else had said what Thane just had about capturing the minds of a young lord and his escort and forcing them to march all the way to the Vale to be captured, there might have been some argument. After all, sorcery powerful enough to ensnare the mind of even one or two people was taxing enough that few sorcerers could maintain it for more than a few minutes.
But nearly everyone present had also been present when Thane demonstrated his ability to command Savis, and the memory of the lupine vampire all but whimpering as Thane commanded him to 'heel' was enough to convince everyone present that Nyrielle's greatest progeny really could accomplish this feat as effortlessly as he made it sound.
