looking down the barrel of a gun
When Mika dies, because all Chosens must, Jane travels to Flanoir, the most remote place in Tethe'alla, the only city that the Church of Martel has yet to capture. She introduces herself as the Chosen's mother, and she gives a speech outside the town hall. Some people have a hard time understanding her thick Elvish accent, but their own accents are so rough and choppy that it's difficult for them to communicate with each other. Eventually, she gets her point across and the people of Flanoir applaud. It's a start.
When she returns home several days later, she finds that her vegetable garden has been demolished, and several windows of her house have been broken.
A strange insignia has been drawn in the dirt. It alone means nothing to her, but the angel feather that accompanies it is a clear warning.