Personally, I honestly felt I'd already laid plenty of groundwork beforehand.
But they still met with so much opposition, even more intense than the queen chapter.
Maybe it's a problem with my writing ability!
So I'm posting a standalone chapter to explain a little:
The five Dragon Aspects' relationship with the protagonist is basically irreconcilable.
First, the bronze dragons. This book's setting doesn't sidestep the bronze dragons, so as someone who crossed over from another world, he's bound to have them come knocking. The first three times they came knocking, I used plot contrivances to kill them off, but I can't do that every single time, can I? Once a big shot among the bronze dragons like Soridormi or Chromie shows up, the protagonist will be the one kicking the bucket... Pick up the Dragon Soul and take a chance, or stand there waiting to die? That's a choice that doesn't even need choosing.
Then there are the blue dragons. Malygos had already gone mad after the War of the Ancients because Big Cousin killed his entire family, young and old. He decided that Azeroth's disasters were caused by mortals recklessly using magic, and planned to destroy the ley lines to solve everything once and for all (that's the background to the Nexus). On that point alone, the Blue Dragonflight is already practically on the opposite side from Silvermoon City and Dalaran. A war between them is inevitable; it's only a matter of time.
Next, the black dragons. As a textbook villain faction whose entire family, young and old, is adorable and charming, their outcome goes without saying too, right? Moving on.
The red dragons and the protagonist's faction have a blood feud, whether one-sided or mutual, so I won't say much about that either. But with Nekros having