Ni'Thorne had been defeated; the elves had celebrated for a week straight, stumbling across roots and the cobble of the main in honey-drunk celebration. Dhodrimme had joined them the first three days, withdrawing to his quarters to escape the pomp and circumstance as he remembered Kanazair.
There were still the rest of the Titans waking up, soon to be on the loose. This was a problem that sobered Dhodrimme. He hadn't a hand in the felling of Ni'Thorne and considered it a dishonor. It didn't seem to matter to anyone but he.
Dhodrimme paced his quarters. He stared through the woven branches of his balcony down at the festivities below. He planted his feet on the ground, flopped on his sleep nest, and stared at the ceiling for an hour. He crossed to his faucet, pumped up some water, and splashed his face. He wasn't handling himself very well, by the standards of the elves.
Dhodrimme glared at the golden tube that had been collecting dust on his side table since the day Ni'Thorne fell into a mountain range. In his mind, he reread the scroll, as he did countless times before.
The sky itself shall fell the mountain, for the scales of fate to collect their bounty
Wait a minute... scales... scales...
Dhodrimme was alight with a new idea. He scrambled together some supplies, fastening his cloak as he rushed up the tree palace towards the great nests. He needed Feraspar. He needed to get going. He needed to go north. He had an idea. Perhaps the prophecy meant... perhaps...