The moment of reckoning had not really happened long ago.
And while to others it was the moment Chancellor Malrik burned to death as a hydra, for some, it actually happened just moments before that.
In the case of beings who couldn't anymore be classified by species and could only be grouped by allegiance, their moment came during that minuscule window after the surprisingly successful attack on the golden dragonling.
Yes, all in that one moment.
Then again, calling it "their moment" was a stretch, considering it hadn't really been a collective achievement at all. But rather, the result of circumstances that would've driven even the faithful mad.
Because of all people, it happened to the recently disposed of creation who had just been dismissed for being useless.
