first of all , he was clearly intending to present them as a pair of prize beasts he had captured thanks to his great wits and bravery , in order for fazen the king , a man whom all feeres seemed to regard as their leader and protector , even though he did nothing at all to defend them from the scavengers to restore him to his former state of prosperity ; and this regardless of how many people must starve so that he , veig treth , could stuff himself , and despite the fact that he held the spirits he supposedly served in the same indifference and disdain he reserved for anyone other than himself .