The Pale King, the monarch of Hallownest, was angry, all his attempts to make the perfect Vessel had failed. His wife, The White Lady, was by his side, trying to calm him down.

White Lady: "Wyrm... They're just children, your children..."

Pale King: "That's the problem, the Vessels shouldn't know that, they shouldn't feel... anything..."

The Five Great Knights, Ogrim, Isma, Hegemol, Ze'mer and Dryya were at the back of the room, waiting for any order the king could give them.