If hearing what really went down at Big Tree had been a shock to Gray and Temo, then it paled, now, in comparison to how stunned both of them were as they stared, mouth agape.

Gray is the one who spoke up moments later. "Wait, Grendal?"

Now everything was quickly coming together in his mind: why the town's name was familiar, and what that in turn led to him remembering. He's blinking now a couple of times on top of sharing a brief glance with his dragon.

"I think I did a bit of reading on that before... How a small town worked together with other communities in the area to hold back Grendal's monsters? And all because a retired general led them through it..."

He's trailing off for a moment as the general's name comes to mind, and he's giving Segan a somewhat floored look. "Your dad was that general, right? Mathis Brooke?"