talk-of-tyria:

Crystal Desert – Dragonfall – Crystal Bloom Outpost
Spearmarshal Zaeim: Those shadow creatures aren’t giving us an inch.
Caithe: They’ve been fighting over this forest for centuries. Cursed to fight Balthazar and his Eternals for…well, eternity.
Spearmarshal Zaeim: Right, but we’re neither of those things.
Caithe: It isn’t us. It’s Balthazar’s magic. Aurene absorbed it after Vabbi, remember?
Spearmarshal Zaeim: And just because they sense his presence, they attack us?
Caithe: Look on the bright side: Kralkatorrik absorbed it, too–so they hate his Branded just as much as us.
Spearmarshal Zaeim: True. “The enemy of my enemy.”
Caithe: Who is, in this case, still our enemy. But at least it puts things into perspective.