[ during their meeting, before everyone who didn't successfully cut and run got caught up in this whole mess, that Michel had been there speaking about it. though there hadn't been a straight clarification of the reasons, there is some small bit of insight to be offered. ]

That's right. ALASTAIR was privy to their meeting, where they claimed responsibility for the magic that took away the sun. They call themselves "chimera," human-goblin half-breeds—and the tension between the two races has outcasted them into resentment.