The room was lined with dark, robe-clad figures in the same masks. Cepheus spoke in a commanding voice to the room "We are the order of the ancients. Protectors of Atlantis and the power we hold. For centuries, we have lost our brethren to the world above. Tonight, one of our brothers has returned to us. He will take his rightful place among the Vythízomai, as his ancestors did before him."