The following contains spoilers for Death of the Inhumans #2 written by Donny Cates, drawn by Ariel Olivetti, colored by Jordie Bellaire, and lettered by Clayton Cowles.
The first issue of Marvel's Death of the Inhumans kicked off by following through with the series' title's grim promise. The creators of the Inhumans, the Kree, had decided to go Inhuman hunting. As such, they've been slaughtering the alien Inhuman tribes en masse with the help of their Super-Inhuman Vox, who later led a legion of Kree soldiers to kill every Inhuman on New Arctilan.
As the second issue opens, the Royal Family is still recovering from wounds sustained in last month's issue, and Black Bolt is trying to put on a strong face while dealing with the death of his people, brother and dog. (Well, maybe -- the jury's out on the latter two.) Quickly running out of options, the Family sends Karnak to examine the remains of the Kree homeworld, Hala.
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Naturally, things are in dire straights with the Kree: Ronan, the most well-known Accuser, has apparently been "eliminated," as have his various followers. The remaining Kree had become part of an explorer tribe that vanished for generations in space, only to find their home completely destroyed thanks to that whole Guardians/X-Men: Black Vortex event several years back.
How do the Inhumans factor into this, when they weren't even involved in the destruction of Hala? As the Kree Commander puts it, a 'new dawn is rising on the kingdom of Hala," and the Kree just want revenge on Earth not just for the destruction of their home, but for holding so many Inhumans in the first place. And with the plan all laid out, Karnak reveals the real reason why he met with the Kree on Hala.
In both issues of Death of the Inhumans thus far, Black Bolt has been seen writing down the names of the dead Inhumans he's come across during his travels. The reason for this finally gets revealed in this issue's big action scene. On Hala, he speaks the names of every dead Inhuman, directing his voice at the Kree forces and obliterating the troopers in his way, a moment the narrator of the book says will be come to be known as the "Black Eulogy." It's impressive display of power that reminds readers just how powerful the Midnight King is, and why it's never good to get on his bad side.
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Sadly, the display of power doesn't come without its drawback; namely Vox holds a knife to Karnak's throat and is all too eager to add another Inhuman to his list of kills. Fearful of losing another family member, Black Bolt finally offers himself up to the Kree, only to suddenly get his own throat slit by a teleporting Vox immediately upon surrender
Is Black Bolt dead? No, there're still three issues of the book left for his story tok play out in. But without his voice -- the source of his power -- the Royal Family's war against the Kree is about to become a lot more difficult considering their heaviest hitter has been muted.