1.   Later, during a frightful storm, a princess knocked at the castle door, begging for shelter.

2.   Even the order to shut the main castle doors was more of a sop to the khthons than an acknowledgement that things had gone terribly wrong.

3.   And yet the castle doors were open, beckoning and friendly.

4.   But for us, once again, the castle doors were left open.

5.   The princes gather at the castle door.