"I think in the times before, the regent was someone who overlooked civil matters the king was too busy to handle," he said slowly, frowning a little. Bits and pieces of conversations from half-remembered people who drifted by the Sky Pillar. Murky green and orange appeared and spread out before the darker purple swallowed both. "The Throne though, it started going bad, taking away the life and everything of the king... I think that was when the Hallows disappeared."

When they started waking up, he didn't add, glancing over at Shen Wei. "I know they weren't just forgotten or lost, not the way he said they were. The Hallows were too... independent to be easily taken away like that. I could feel them at times even when I slept."