Much happens in the small amount of time they have gathered. Brennens even tempered facade fades when the bay looks to him with a frown. His iron face lines with confusion at how the bay had not heard him say he would assist those to Tephra who wished for safety. Obviously he could not stop the plague here. Not yet. But when it was safe to return to Ischia then they would do so. He doesn't get a chance to respond before another speaks up.
A winged pegasus, that he is soon to find out is related to the bay stallion. She address him with a proposition of ruling together and he doesn't dismiss the potential. He wasn't sure he was considering ruling the kingdom but more so protecting it and the people within its borders until it was safe again. He simply nods to her but everyone's attention is stolen by yet another arriving...
*Ivar is lurking somewhere along the edge of the gathering which Krom does not notice...*
"Karat?!" He whispers in a state of confusion. He had not know she had followed him here and is quite shocked with her brash entrance. Emerald eyes watch as she seats herself front and center, addressing the large bay with outright disrespect. That is when the earth begins to tremble.
His emerald eyes turn to find something of a memory coming back to him. Immediately, iron begins to prick along his spine as the kelpie states a claim to the island. It is not the possession of land that causes him to react in such a way, but the remnants of a time not so long ago when he had met the stranger much too close to his twin sister. Fortunately he had ended that ordeal swiftly and hadn't seen hide nor hair of the piebald stallion since. But now he notices the stallions golden eyes turning towards his sister in curious interest. It is enough to send the earth quaking again, this time warping the iron ore of their world into metallic spears if he so chose to craft them and be done with this threat.
He resists because he is half listening to Brennen degrade his family and offer his support to one of his own bloodline, the winged roan. A snort rattles in his chest at the bays lack of respect for his family, but before anything comes to a head, the Ischian king is gone and they are left to sift through the ashes of this wildfire.
The armored stallion turns to those gathered, "I am here to aide any who wish to remain on the island or travel to Tephra to reside there until this island is safe again." He looks to Carwyn who has already shifted sides and is willing to strike a deal with the kelpie. He is perfectly fine with this and turns to Karat while the others are semi distracted, "Karat! What are you doing?!" He is perplexed at his twins sudden ambition and something catches his eye as he steps closer to her side. A fresh wound along her spine that resembles an animal attack. Again his fury returns, "What happened to your back? What hurt you?" His eyes are steel as he awaits her explanation, only half paying attention to whatever deal the others were conjuring up...
Sooo this is all over the place cuz the post order got wonky BUT I hope I got the main points from Kroms point of view. Sry it suxs