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Author's Note: The summing-up-of-things, or the epilogue, if you will. It's not much of a 'chapter', actually--it just tells of what happens after Miraz's treachery. And this is also...the finale! Enjoy.
Chapter 30 ~ What Happened Afterward
The whole castle soon learned of Steiphen's so-said betrayal, including Steiphen himself. He was thrown into the castle's prison and due to hang for treachery. King Caspian the Ninth rested with his father in the Hall of Kings. Miraz vowed never to enter that room ever again.
No one ever knew that it was actually Miraz, not Steiphen, who'd killed Caspian, except for Prunaprismia, who remained cold toward the prince ever after. It was only when Steiphen walked rigidly up to the gallows and stood there, the rope about his neck that he glanced up and met Miraz's eyes. That was when he knew. That was when Steiphen knew who the real perpetrator was. But it was too late. For on that afternoon, Commander Steiphen was executed, and Glozelle became the new commander.
Miraz then went to the liberty of banishing several lords who were loyal to his brother. They were exiled to the sea and never heard of again until Miraz's life was over.
Elizabeth could not stay in the castle. Whenever she walked down the halls she thought she heard the footsteps of her deceased husband coming up behind her and even saw his shadow, tall and straight, against the walls, raising a knife over his head. She fled the castle by night and was never heard of again. Rose fled soon after Elizabeth, for she saw the same things that Steiphen's wife saw. She left Caspian the Tenth to Miraz and Prunaprismia. The child was raised by them. As for Doctor Cornelius, he went abroad for a number of years and did not return until he was summoned once again by Miraz years later.
As treachery had also killed his brother, so it killed Miraz. His most trusted lords, as you know, plotted against him in his later years and he was slain by their hand. He had become a tyrant with the crown on his head. In his reign the dusk of Telmar fell, but when his nephew rose to the throne the dawn of a new age came.
The Brothers of Betrayal were vanquished.
THE END
Whew! I'm surprised I made it all the way to the end! I've had some really hard spots in this story, and it was very difficult to chronicle the life of a traitor. But I had a lot of fun writing it! And I thank all of you readers who read my first fanfiction! Be on the lookout for some more of my fanfictions, which I might post soon! Once again, thanks for reading!
Sincerely, Pocketses