War. The war had begun, but not by the armies of Hadria. Outsiders. Outsiders had come into Eversummer. It had not happened in five centuries, and now an army had assaulted the Coalition of Eversummer. While it did fit his plans - with the spine of the coalition broken by this army, Hadria did not have to fight the true strength of the coalition - it had not been needed, and it may in fact be detrimental. He wanted no third party in Eversummer, and he knew the invading army - the Crusaders, they called themselves - had come in the name of a god war.
That would not do.
Above the crusading army, clouds begun gathering. The skies darkened, but no storm broke out. Instead, slowly, the crusaders from another land began seeing a massive shape appear out of the skies - flying. It was gigantic - as big as any city, and in the shape of a fortress of incredible size. There were no men manning its walls, but it needed none. The sheer size of it could throw back any army ever attempting to assault it, if it could reach it high up over the clouds, and it did have one defender - one who was mighty indeed.
Thaneos stood on the highest tower of the fortress, which could have been a very vast manor for someone his size but appeared to be the greatest construction ever made to the mortals below. He sent a call in the skies, but it was not addressed at the mortals - it was a mental one, to be heard by the gods only.
"Let he who sent this army across the seas show himself! We must speak, and my patience is running short."
If he receives no reply, Thaneos will urge the Hadrian Emperor to massacre the crusaders and invade any land they may have taken, as well as continuing the war against the coalition.