Tis natural to believe as such! It is as we spoke of prior; without realizing the mistakes within the past, we would not know how to prevent or prepare for them in the future.

[The Shroud is...interesting.]

My knowledge is...limited when it comes to nations not of my own. We had isolated ourselves for many years as our focus remained on the Dravanian Horde and ignored the pleas of our neighbors. A foolish decision later changed but for another time. From what I know of is that the Shroud follows the will of beings known as 'elementals'; what they say is final.

[See where he's getting at? Lotta folks don't like it who are from outside and need help but are refused.]