 Meanwhile, Dybo's rule has been challenged by Rodlox, the governor of the province Edz'Toolar.As Afsan had previously suspected in Far-Seer, Rodlox claims that the children of the previous Empress were exempted from the culling of the Bloodpriests, with the weakest child being made the future Emperor (as opposed to the strongest as tradition dictates) and the rest being sent away so that the royal family could be more easily manipulated.Rodlox claims that he is Dybo's brother, and that he was the strongest child and thus the rightful emperor.