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Chapter 15

Kira blinked back burning tears as she found herself suddenly staring into the Sun Cryst once again as the image of her ancestor dissolved from her mind. Kira stood there, staring at the Cryst for a long time, trying in vain to make sense of what she'd just seen and why she had seen it.

She turned slowly to face Sulendii and asked him, as if hoping that if he said yes it would mean she wasn't going crazy. "Did...did you see that?"

"Of course not, the Cryst was speaking to you, not I." He said off handedly, as if it were the most obvious thing. "But I assume that you understand now that your are indeed a descendant of the Druids?"

Kira did not respond immediately. "but...this...why did you bring me here? I was quite fine not knowing. Why are you showing me these things?" Kira sounded desperate and confused. She was suddenly uncomfortable in their presence.

Sulendii seemed surprised for a moment but smiled all the same, his soft expression calming her some what. "Did you not want to know Kira? Why it is that you were so different? Who your mother was and why she had to leave whilst you were so young?"

Kira hesitated. "Well...yes but..."

"We need you Kira." Kira looked slightly taken aback. "For years, decades they have been planning and deciding, searching and biding their time. Now that their plans are complete, they are ready to strike, to completely strip us of everything, as thought they hadn't had enough already."

Kira was confused now. She hadn't the slightest idea as to what he was talking about. "What are you..."

"The Sun Cryst will show you." he said, cutting her off, "The reason why you and I are the last of our race." Kira hardly had time to ponder how the Cryst was going to show her this before a flood of images began to swell in her mind again. Each image flew passed her mind's eye in quick succession as if something was riffling through them before it stopped suddenly on one particular image.

The picture was of a grand wedding. There were white, yellow and red flowers everywhere with gold, scarlet and silver banners hanging from tall marble columns holding up a long open hall way with a high arched ceiling. Around the hall was a large, glorious garden with rose bushes of every possible and impossible colour, from white roses to blue roses and some were even a dark purplish colour; the garden also had trees of all sizes scattered around; there were fountains as well, some sparkling white, others a burnished bronze colour upon which stood cute statues of cupids and angels. At the end of the Arched hall stood an alter, seeming slightly out of place amidst the greenery in his pearly white glory while rows of soft white and silver chairs sat on each side of the arched hall, each being occupied by one generally fancily dressed high class citizen.

Walking down the arched hall was undoubtedly the bride. Kira watched as she walked, (only just realizing that the picture was now moving) the train of her pure white dress swishing delicately and weightlessly behind her despite its ridiculous length. The dress was stunningly beautiful as it shimmered in the early morning sunlight, but even in all it's glory, it couldn't possibly hope to compare to the beauty of the bride wearing it. She had long wavy white blonde hair that shimmered like the early morning sun on the gentle waves of the sea, adorned with strings of pearls and precious jewels and one thin, delicately woven tiara, made of what look like crystal string with one large blue green pearl sitting atop the structure. Her eyes were a light grey with a twinge of lavender, just like Kira's.

Somehow, as she watched the beautiful bride walk down the aisle, Kira knew that she was the Princess of Jagd, named Rahimateh Julia Jagd, getting married to the Prince of Bancour, named Christos Von Bancour. It was as if the information was injected into her brain and Kira shivered slightly at the thought. She looked up to the man on alter waiting for his beautiful bride and found that he had flaming red hair and light blue eyes similar to Sulendii's and Kira was told then that he was hume. The scene changed briefly to a picture of a man with silvery white long hair and eyes just like Rahimateh's except his were darkened by age and Kira learned that he was her father Sulendii Jagd, King of Jagd.

Sulendii was speaking to a man in this clip, a man she instantly recognized as the Dynast King himself, King Raithwall. Somehow Kira suddenly knew that they were debating on whether or not they should allow Rahimateh and Christos to be married. It was decided that it would be allowed and that the two nations would be joined and Jagd's responsibility shared.

What responsibility? Kira's question was answered instantly as a piece of paper suddenly floated in front of her minds eye. Kira didn't have to read it as she felt the knowledge being planted into her mind and she gasped slightly as she took stock of it.

The paper was a treaty, it was The Galtean Alliance Treaty.

Historians all over Ivalice would tell you that the treaty made mention to five major nations, Archadia, Rossaria, Dalmasca, Nabradia and Bhujerba. The Alliance was ruled by the Dynast King, King Raithwall, and when he fell, the Treaty fell with him. They would also tell you that Dalmasca was left in charge of the Sun Cryst. But this treaty, this treaty that was dated even before the ones historians would tell you about spoke of something almost completely different.

This Treaty made mention to seven major nations, Archadia, Rossaria, Dalmasca, Nabradia, Bhujerba, Bancour and Jagd. This treaty also stated that if the Alliance were to fall after its King, King Raithwall, then the Sun Cryst was to be left in the hands of the Druids. It said nothing about Dalmasca or any pieces of the Cryst that were to be cut off. It simply stated that the Sun Cryst belonged to the Druids and no other.

The paper disappeared from Kira's mind's eye and an imaged of a thriving city replaced it. Kira knew that she was looking at the city of Jagd under the rule of King Christos and Queen Rahimateh. Druids and Humes began to cross breed then and prejudice and racism began to grip the nation as pure humes were treated better than half breeds by other humes and pure druids were labelled as snobbish and generally stayed away from conflict rather than acting as peacemakers as they should've been.

The image moved from the city to within the castle walls and Kira saw two children, roughly the same age and very different, one was a boy with silvery white hair and icy blue eyes with a dark ring around them. Kira instantly recognized him as Sulendii, while the other was a girl with flaming red hair and light greyish purple eyes just like her own. Kira knew then that they were twins, the children of Christos and Rahimateh. One named Sulendii Jagd, after his grandfather, the other, Kirharesh Jagd, Kira's ancestor.

There was suddenly a time skip and King Christos stood at the head of a long table where all of his most trusted generals and captains sat. Kira learned that he was planning a coup. Apparently the people of Jagd were more loyal to their Queen than to their King.

Kira learned that King Christos had designs to start a civil war, but to pit his meagre hume military force against the formidable force of the Druids was a foolish plan, so he turned to Rossaria for help, offering them money and land as compensation. The Rossarians refused however, claiming they wanted nothing to do with their war, fearing what sort of trouble they might get into with King Raithwall. King Christos then turned to Nabradia, but they also refused. He didn't dare go to Dalmasca as word of his treachery would instantly reach the ears of their Dynast King and then to those of his wife so instead the turned to the Archadians. The Archadians agreed to assist him but at a steep price. They wanted half the land under Archadian rule and access to the Cryst's power.

Kira winced as she saw images of a terrible war flash across her mind and knowledge of the events poured into her mind. The Archadian and Christos' men had invaded Jagd and were fighting against the Druids. It was a messy affair. Many innocent people died during the war. Women, children, elderly, Druid, Hume, it didn't matter, it was just a blood bath.

During the midst of the chaos, Christos stabbed Rahimateh and left her for dead, assuming she could not survive the fatal blow, but the Cryst had greater plans for the Queen. With was was left of her strength and sanity, Rahimateh climbed to the highest peak of the Pharos, to the imitation Sun Cryst.

Kira watched in terrified awe as the entire nation of Bancour-Jagd was engulfed in blinding light emitted by the most powerful magick she'd ever whitnessed. Kira winced as the light suddenly imploded with an ear-splitting crack that she swore could've been heard all across Ivalice. As the light dissipated and what was left was visible, Kira heard herself gasp and a hand flew to her mouth instinctively to prevent herself from screaming as she took in the huge crater that once was the nation of Bancour-Jagd. The only thing left standing was what she recognized as the Ridorana Cataract where the Queen of Jagd lay dead before the imitation Sun Cryst.

Suddenly Kira's vision was clear and she found herself staring at the Sun Cryst through tears threatening to pour out of her.

"I was the only survivor. I had run to the Nu mou to beg for their help in the Paramina Rift when suddenly, my home simply disappeared before my very eyes." Kira turned to Sulendii, the movement causing the tears in her eyes to finally fall. Sulendii smiled however and placed a hand on her cheek using his thumb to wipe away her tears.

"When my first child was born to be the exact replica of my sister I admit I was surprised, but I was glad none the less. Ever since, the Druidian gene has successfully been transferred down the line and now, you and I are the last of our kind and the time has come for our plans to be put in motion.

"After I set my first child on his way I took refuge here with the Sun Cryst and we waited, waited for the chance to re-establish our nation, but as time went on and my line of descendants began to fade I knew that there was no longer any hope of recovering the glory we had lost. So instead, we decided to at least, ensure that no one would hunt for the power of the Sun Cryst again. Never again did I want to see so many lives lost, a nation reduced to rubble over so simple a thing as greed. Men hungry for power would do anything to obtain it and for every power hungry man, that power was the Sun Cryst. So we made sure that no one would ever search for it again."

Kira's eyes widen suddenly and she looked up at Sulendii sharply and said, "You were the cause. You started the war four years ago?" Kira was shocked and some how hurt and disappointed.

Sulendii looked taken aback slightly and shook his head, "No, no we would never start a war, but it was indeed our fault. You see, we over rated the hume and assumed that he would be able to do as we asked without starting a war of some kind as they were so famous for, but alas, things got out of hand. But our initial goal was achieved in the end and the imitation Sun Cryst was destroyed. The Cryst had warned me of choosing an Archadian to do the job, but alas I had too much faith in them. It has been decided between us that Archadian can no longer be trusted under any circumstances."

Kira frowned slightly and said, "Aww come on, I know Vayne was a punk and those guys that helped destroyed Jagd can;t be forgiven any time soon, but not all Archadians are bad."

"Ah but you see my child, these are not the only felonies the Archadians have committed against us." Sulendii said solemnly.

"What? Well what else is there?" Kira asked, wondering just what else there could be.

Sulendii sighed heavily and said, "I think it best you see for yourself." Kira almost rolled her eyes and steeled her self for another mental onslaught of images but was instead greeted by the familiar feeling of being squeezed like an orange and opened her eyes to find herself in Old Dalan's house.

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To be Continued...