Liadan was seething. She stood and demanded that Edmund invite her to speak again. "Edmund Tressach, this is just what I expected; Tigernach, Roarke, Orlaith and their friends making a mockery of an extremely serious situation. When those three get together they are a bad influence on each other and those around them. I will say again that it is foolish, and senseless, for all of you to fight for a lost cause. You will be defeated and killed, and the King of the Goblins, Durg-Baulder, will take the Greenwood throne."