The ripples caused by Alaric's strike force in the Kraken's Maw Estuary didn't go unnoticed in the deeper, more turbulent waters of the ongoing conflict. While the Abyssal Lord Krýllos focused his immense power on shattering the main defenses of the Suntouched Confederacy further south, the systematic extermination of hundreds of sea monsters, including several potent Sixth Order specimens, in a supposedly pacified zone, sent waves of fury through the command structure of the invading abyssal army.
Deep within a temporary underwater command post – a cavern hastily hollowed out by pressure magic beneath a captured coastal fort – several colossal figures gathered. These were the true Lords of the invading sea monster host, Seventh Order beings of immense power, second only to Krýllos himself. Unlike the humanoid Krýllos, these beings retained far more of their monstrous forms, ancient predators adapted to the crushing pressures and lightless depths.
