We walked under the moon making sure to avoid the groups of Mordrem still roaming around. Some of the groups would have overrun us by numbers alone while others were already engaged with Pact members and winning easily. The paths in Dragon's Stand were cleared from when we entered as there were small makeshift camps along the way. Some members asked how the fight went and we told them of our victory not mentioning the loss just yet. After we told them they ran back and you could hear cheering coming from the camp shortly followed by who was buying the first round. We got a bit of a chuckle each time we left a camp. The moon hung high above the tree line as we made it to the main camp. As we approached the area a voice could be heard.

"Hey guys the Commander is back!" From there we could hear the camp cheering as we approached. As we get closer a woman darted through the front line of people and ran straight to Marjory. Marjory caught her and held her tightly as tears could be seen in her eyes.

"Thank the six you made it back Jory. Did you all find Trahearne?" She dropped the hug and held Marjory by the shoulders. This was Kasmeer, a former human noble who helped us take down Scarlet and rescued a few of our friends not to long ago. Marjory turned to look at the rest of wondering who should tell her.

I stepped forward and held up the broken Caladbolg. "We found him but when we did he was linked with Mordremoth. There was no way to separate them. Trehearne fought the dragon to the end and even helped us get into his mind to deal the final blow. When we got out the dragon tried to use Trahearne to end us. He asked me to take his sword and strike him down. In the end I did. He sacrificed himself to make sure the dragon would die." I said as I put the sword away again.

Kasmeer stood with a shocked look on her face as a man appeared behind her slowly. His words were soft and weak. "Well that's not good then. He may have just been a scholar for most of his life, but in the end he was a hero."

Rytlock faced the man. "That he was Logan. He should be remembered that way and not as the dragon's puppet. How are you and Zojja holding up?"

Logan gave a soft chuckle. "Well as for me, save for being damned tired right now and feeling like my rib cage is busted, I'm all right. The doctors say Zojja will make a full recovery as well. She's still resting though. What ever Faolain was doing to us took more a toll on her then me. Speaking of that. What happened to her?" Caithe turned around as I could see her tense up a little.

Braham spoke. "Whatever that thing was that claimed to be Faolin we made sure it stopped moving. After we saved you and Zojja she lead us closer to Mordremoth and up a gigantic tree. At the top she fought us and we made sure she wasn't coming back down."

Logan shook his head a little. "So sorry I missed all the action then. At least this is all over now."

A Pact doctor came out and told us all to get into the camp so we could be looked over. She wanted to make sure that we were all alright. Logan sat next to Braham as I could hear them talking about Eir.

Logan began after hearing how Eir fell. "She was an amazing fighter Braham. One time we fought a champion of Primordus and she killed it by grabbing one of its fiery arrows and launching it back into itself. Her glove was on fire and the bow she used turned to dust almost right after words. If it wasn't for her quick thinking we may have lost that fight."

Braham nodded gently. "It's just going to be odd telling everyone in the Great Lodge about her passing."

A small voice came from behind us all. "Wait.. say that again. Eir's passing? Eir is...dead?" We all looked over to see Zojja standing there holding her side as she was bandaged up. She had a worried look on her face while looking at Braham. He slowly stood up looking at her.

"Yes...my mother is no longer part of this world. We fought our way through Verdant Brink after we heard about the initial wave going down in the jungle. When we found my mother she was locked in a cage with Faolain. We freed them both but as we did they were whisked away from us and put in front of one of Mordremoth's minions. They both tried to escape the beast. Foaling stabbed my mother with a barb and made a break for it so the beast carried Faolain deeper into the woods. My mother got up and tried to move but the beast came back. Before we could reach her the beast had impaled her with its tail. She died pinned against a tree." Braham looked down as retelling the story was like opening a deep wound for him.

Zojja looked down as well as you could almost see tears running down her face. "We had just gotten the group back together... All the mean things I've said and now I can't make it up to her..." Braham walked forward and kneeled down to Zojja.

"When my father passed away all those years ago he asked that no one tell Eir of his passing. He didn't want to take Eir from your group cause he knew what you all were doing. Walking around Cragstead and Hoelbrak these past few years I saw my mother a lot but never talked to her. When Caithe started to pull you guys back together you could see she was getting happy again. The most I saw her smile was after I heard that you had rejoined the group to help take down Zhaitan. You may not have said your apologies verbally but your actions more than made up for it all."

Zojja looked up at him as you could see the tears on her face more visibly now. No words came from her as she just hugged Braham the best she could. "I'm still sorry for you Braham."

After a couple of minutes Zojja cleared her eyes as she looked to him. "Thank you Braham. I heard you were also talking about Faolain. You said you killed her?"

Caithe shot up as she was tense again. "Mordremoth perverted her after taking her captive. Whatever that thing was it was not the same Faolain I called dearheart. The Faolin we killed was a monster!"

The camp went quiet as I looked at Caithe. "Caithe, the Faolin you loved was gone long before that."

She looked to me and snapped. "What are you talking about?"

I sighed gently. "The Mother Tree gave me some seeds that could access the dream and show me visions. After you took the egg we went to track you down and followed you deep into the Silverwastes. While there I seen a vision of Wynne and the centaurs she befriended. Faolain openly attacked the centaurs and killed them all then tried to torture Wynne for the information about where sylvari came from. Then we had our time fighting the Nightmare Court. Faolain has been like that for a very long time."

The look on Caithe's face went from anger and slowly changed to realization then tears as she collapsed on the ground as I continued, "Before we moved on Zhaitan on Orr the Mother Tree showed Traherne and myself a vision. In it you talked with Faolain and said you would fall to nightmare to be with her again. I can say that the Mother is proud that you didn't as you are a beacon to this world as a member of Destiny's Edge."

Caithe looked up at me as she wiped the tears from her eyes. She slowly stood up "I'm sorry Commander. I...I need a few minutes." She quickly walked out of sight heading to the edge of the camp.

The camp had gone quiet as we had our talk. Finally Zojja looked around. "Wait aren't you all missing a certain small person?"

Logan looked around. "Yeah now that you mention that, where is Taimi?" The both looked at me.

I gave a soft sigh. "On our way to find you two we found a large ley energy signature deep in the jungle. When we arrived we found it to be the Exalted city of Tarir." Logan looked at me.

"Wait. Did you just say exalted? They haven't been seen in almost the same time as the six gods."

I held out my hand as I continued. "While searching around for clues to find you both we found a map that showed the area. Taimi activated it and many points lit up that showed large amounts of ley energy. One of the exalted we met helped us figure out what it was. The thing is the exalted had been dormant for many years. He said it was the Asura city of Rata Novus."

Before I could continue Zojja jumped up. "Impossible Rata Novus is nothing more than a myth!"

Braham chuckled. "Well we have done the impossible a couple times already haven't we?"

Zojja turned and looked at him and went to speak holding a finger in the air. She didn't say anything and just lowered it. "I guess you're right Braham." Zojja mumbled slowly. As she said that both Canach and Rytlock started to chuckle. She looked up at them. "And what are you two laughing about?"

Canach stopped laughing first. "The prospect of an asura actually admitting they were wrong without something blowing up in their faces first." Rylock let out a bigger laugh at that as Zojja's faced turned red.

I stood up and got between them. "Hey now none of this while you're injured Zojja. You need to get your rest more than anything. I can show you where Taimi went but you have to promise me something." She looked at me and tilted her head. "You have to promise that whatever you find down there is her discovery when you take it back to Rata Sum."

She crossed her arms and looked at me. She slowly looked around thinking about it. "Yeah I guess I can. You did find the city and if she finds anything it is technically her discovery. What ever she finds down there will make her the luckiest progeny in history."

I looked to Logan. "When you two are rested, will you go with her? I'll send some of the Pact with you just to make sure Taimi is all right." I asked.

Logan nodded softly in agreement. "Would have loved to head back to Divinity's Reach. What are the rest of you going to do?"

I looked to him with a sigh. "Sorry. Caithe, Canach, and myself will be heading to The Grove to talk with the Pale Tree about what happened to Traherne and to check up on her. Braham and Rytlock are heading to Hoelbrak to tell Eir's tale. When everything is done we can all meet back in Lion's Arch to discuss our next course of action."

Logan nodded. "As much as I wanna go home I'll go with to make sure Taimi is all right. I am curious to see what this Rata Novus looks like."

I smiled. "Thank you Logan. For now let's all get some rest." Everyone agreed as we all slowly shuffled around to some of the vacant tents in the camp quickly falling asleep.