"Alas, no amount of blood spilt will bring my sister or parents back," Maelon's voice was dim. "Father wanted to join the sunset war and send ten thousand tiger cloaks and our war fleet to the wolf king to support Talisa, but the rest of the Tigers and Elephants were far more concerned with the rising threat of the Dragon Queen and the turmoil in Slaver's Bay than some squabbles in the west. Striking down the Mother of Dragons and her husband has made you quite popular in New Ghis and here, in Volantis."