Just got my Wii working again! YAY! Now I can get back to my 3rd playthrough of Skyward Sword and my 2nd run of Xenoblade Chronicles!

Don't know if I mentioned this but I added a fourth flier class along side the Pegasi, Wyverns and Griffons (now its own class) The Roc Rider class!

Chapter Eighteen

Sarhara Palace

Following the rapid confusion of the attack at the Western Archive, Soren and Mia's Troop was brought to the massive Sarhara Palace, according to the Roc woman, it was for questioning on the incident, but Mia saw the other Roc Knights and the Water Sages, her enhanced hearing also let her know that they were going to place the blame on the group. Mia was still figuring out why when the group was assigned rooms and told not to leave no matter what, angered, Mia pulled the Roc woman aside.

She was the only one truly understanding, her disposition and the questions in her voice proved that enough to Mia.

"You…I'm sorry, I seemed to have picked up a bad habit of not being able to perform a successful introduction. My name is Mia."

The Roc Knight smiled and held Mia's hand before doing a small bow "Rush and havoc of the moment, no need to apologize…my name is Kay'Shera…I've served the royalty of Sarhara almost all my life, as did many generations of my family…but I can tell you are all innocent."

"Then why can't you-" Kay'Shera held up her hand "I wish…but I'm just a knight, one of the nameless dozens in service to Roc Lord Hashten'Kor, he was the very angry man you saw onsite speaking with the other Roc Knights.

"Is he your partner in questioning?" staring at Mia, Kay'Shera began to laugh "Why would they partner the Lord with a lowly knight? No…my partner is over there."

Mia followed the other woman's gesture, out a window she saw a Roc perched staring at them. "There is no better judge of character than a Roc…so I'd like to believe…but most knights listen and believe only what they want."

Mia nodded and looked down to notice Kay'Shera was still holding her hand, she coughed and the knight apologized and let go "All of your people have been properly cared for, including Soren, he was severely injured…and while only my Roc and I will question you up front, another knight and sage will be there just to be asses…always needing someone to blame."

Mia sighed and everything began to slow down, she looked to the hall and realized with Soren still in care, she'd be on her own for once.

The Roc Knight cleared her throat "Are you alright? I don't think anyone got a look at your injuries."

Mia turned "I'm fine…all healed up." Mia watched as Kay'Shera gave her a once over "Indeed…seeing the status of your friends, that is…surprising."

The Roc Knight's eyes reached Mia's and the trueblade saw something familiar in them, it reminded her greatly of a friend from Tellius.

"What?" The knight asked with a smile.

"Sorry, you just…reminded me of someone I know…I'm guessing I can't see Soren if they won't let me out of here?"

Kay'Shera started to ask something but stopped and seemed to think it over before starting again "I'll see what I can do."

Mia smiled "Thanks for all the tips…the questioning definitely won't be fun…but we'll make it through, our group is well traveled."

As Mia turned to walk away she noticed Kay'Shera start to follow, but after a step the Roc Knight stopped "Yes…I recognized that some of you spoke as if from various parts of Anondye…though To'Eltz is clearly of Sarhara. You and Soren on the other hand…"

"Long ways away from this country, but we have been living together on Ymarkteg for several years…"

Kay'Shera nodded and turned noticing several Roc Knights departing "I suppose it's back to work…if you…or your group needs anything, don't hesitate to ask for me."

Mia smiled and bowed, mirroring Kay'Shera's action. With one last smile the Roc knight left to join her comrades.

To'Eltz sat near Orgoth and Leena who were speaking with Fistivus and Lune as Wyre lay out across a bed next to Wayu, still aching and sore from their injuries.

Mikel and Lyle paced around the room, both anxious for whatever was to come, the swordsman turned as Mia entered the room, she regarded them and walked over to Wyre and Wayu "You two alright?"

Wyre sighed "Sore…but alive…have you seen Soren?"

Mia shook her head "I'm about to…hopefully…but since you all were right here; I wanted to stop by first."

"Were you doing something?" Lyle asked from the other side of the room "…y'know, before you came here?"

"Just talking to a…one of the knights that helped us out after the archive incident…Wayu? You alright?"

Turning to face Mia the halberd nodded and smiled "We'll be alright, go see Soren."

Mia looked to the rest of the group, the merchants and fellow warriors all nodded to her. "I'll be right back." The trueblade left and asked a palace guard about Soren. Apparently Kay'Shera was successful as the man allowed her to leave, but only to the room he was directing her to. Soon she arrived at Soren's room, entering, she saw the tactician on a bed sleeping.

She sat next to him and covered one of his hands with hers, she closed her eyes, letting a few tears fall "You…when I saw you…I was so worried…you promised never to do that to me again…" as she continued crying she kissed Soren's cheek and remained at his side.

"Touching." Soren turned "You have no right interfering in this moment…"Ashnard shrugged as he walked around the room as if he was admiring the décor. Soren stood staring at the bed he was lying in and Mia at his side.

"I'm sorry, Mia…I was worried about Wayu…I couldn't let her die and I literally forgot to watch my back."

The moment the sword pierced him kept replaying itself and a hand of his moved to his abdomen, he twitched remembering the sharp pain.

"You are lucky you melted the blade in half, running those teeth back through you would've spelled death."

Soren looked over at Ashnard again "Glad to hear you care."

The large man walked over to Soren, the two men glared at each other before the former king began laughing again "I don't, but if you die…then I truly cease to exist…even that man, Ike, does not have enough of my being in his mind for me to exist there."

"I'm sure more noble men who we had to strike down live there, worthy for their duty even if it was against us."

Ashnard nodded mockingly agreeing with Soren "Yes, like Bryce or that Zelgius fellow, loyal to the most extreme of faults."

Soren looked back to Mia and any anger he felt towards the phantasm of the king next to him, vanished.

"I know and understand your entire situation Branded…this conflict is far from over."

Soren once again turned to Ashnard "Are you going to help me?"

The Mad King began laughing very loudly and pretending to wipe tears from his face "Of course not! I just can't wait to see how it plays out."

A guard came to see Mia and told her that the palace forces had some questions for her group. Nodding she left Soren's side and followed the guard, first back to the room to get two people to come along, Wyre, Wayu, Fistivus and Lune were out, Mikel is far too hotheaded and with the questions most likely in store, not the best choice. A Sarharan would be a good idea so To'Eltz was for sure, that left Orgoth, Lyle and Leena. Leena was worse than Mikel when it came to being brash and blunt, between the last two she decided to go with the calmer and more collected one.

"To'Eltz, Orgoth, neither of you would mind right?" The two shook their heads and joined Mia as Lyle looked on.

"Keep everything smooth here, Lyle, I'm counting on you." The swordmaster nodded.

As Mia, Orgoth and To'Eltz followed the knights; Kay'Shera exited a room and waved them over.

One of the Roc Knights looked at her questioningly "Wasn't this where we were supposed to bring them?"

The woman shook her head "Somehow, Hashten'Kor convinced the others to hold this…questioning in the royal court…I'm going to try to change their minds, this isn't a sentencing."

The knight shrugged "I think it should be."

"You'd change Sarhara's name if Hashten'Kor and the hierarchy said it was a good idea, earn some individuality before you give stupid comments." The man took a step forward but with one hand Orgoth pushed him aside.

"Should we be worried?" The knight asked, Kay'Shera's face answered his question, signaling them, the three followed.

Lyle glanced back at Leena, Fistivus, Mikel, Lune, Wyre and Wayu then back at the door. Something wasn't sitting right with him, he felt almost as sick as when they were at the Apothecary's Keep.

Leena walked over and tapped his shoulder causing him to jump "What's wrong, Lyle?"

The swordmaster looked back at the door then to Leena "You know as well as I do that we're prisoners here…"

"The bodies of those countless Korgans we killed and Roltz should've been found, severely burned, but enough to prove it wasn't a bunch of outsiders."

Lyle shook his head and narrowed his eyes "If that was the case, we wouldn't be here right now, they'd be asking for our help in tracking the Korgans."

Hearing this, Mikel walked over followed by the merchants, Wyre and Wayu sat up on their beds.

Kay'Shera glanced over at Mia and her friends with a nervous smile as they stepped in front of a large door "Something tells me…that if you all wanted to escape…we'd have a hard time stopping you…"

Orgoth grinned "I don't want to brag but…that isn't far from the truth."

Mia turned to him then back to the Roc woman "We need the royals to believe us…we have a lot we need to share and we could use some kind of help in our pursuit. If we can prove that we didn't intentionally destroy the archive and we were fighting in self-defense…maybe we can turn this into a positive opportunity."

Noticing Kay'Shera was still a little concerned, Mia laughed "We can take care of ourselves, trust me."

Mikel: What are you getting at Lyle?"

Lyle: What do you think? They didn't bring us here to ask questions…they are going to arrest and imprison us.

Fistivus: What makes you so sure? Surely they don't think Lune and I are capable-

Lyle: What did we destroy? An ancient archive of knowledge from all the nations of Ymarkteg…didn't To'Eltz say it himself? It is a precious keepsake of all of Sarhara.

Leena: We didn't destroy it, the books and shit just got caught in the crossfire.

Lyle: What if we can't prove that?

Lune: Why wouldn't we be able to? The dead bodies-

Lyle: They couldn't find any bodies!

Wyre: How would you know this?

Sitting down, Mia glanced over to To'Eltz and Orgoth before facing Kay'Shera who sat across from them next to her Roc. There were raised stands around the room, on the left was Hashten'Kor surrounded by several of his knights, on the right was the Water Archsage that Kay'Shera named as Lo'Tem.

Directly behind Kay'Shera on a tall stand was likely the Sarharan Royal Archbishop, presiding for the royal family. Clearly they held strong interest in the party they believed was responsible for the loss of much of the Western Archive.

"I'll begin with introductions, this is Mia, one of the leaders of a small mercenary troop that has traveled from Corelis, with her is a guard of Euto's Research Center, Orgoth and a Sarharan sell sword, To'Eltz."

Hashten'Kor spat "Why are you in Sarhara!" as his fellow knights continued throwing 'whys' at the group, Kay'Shera called for them to be silent.

"Would you mind explaining what brings you to Sarhara?"

Mia started "Soren and I have been living in Corelis in peace for several years, through some unfortunate events we had to leave our home in pursuit of unknown assailants who seemed bent on killing us. Along the way we recruited several people for our cause and were given a hint that we could find out more about our enemies at the Western Archive."

Kay'Shera nodded "Who are your enemies?"

Mia looked over to Orgoth, with one of his unwavering and serious stares he looked directly at Kay'Shera "The Korgan Clan of Anondye and Sarhara's Dune Guard."

The men in the stands began laughing and calling the knight a liar. Hashten'Kor shook his head as Lo'Tem titled his head, probably interested in hearing more.

Kay'Shera's roc screeched and the woman replied "It is common knowledge both of those rebel forces were wiped out years ago…"

Mia nodded "We know this as well…in our travels we learned that there is a practitioner of True Elder Magic using the old art to revive these fallen savages into the bodies of living people, replacing them and effectively bringing back the once dead men. As unlikely as it sounds, Soren and I have recollection of killing the same bandits more than once. We've even come face to face with Murawk and Meloi."

The Archbishop stood "We are giving you a miraculous privilege in allowing you to state your case; do not mock the intelligence of the Sarharan people with this garbage!"

Kay'Shera turned but the Archbishop cut her off "Do not speak to your superior Roc Knight…continue the questioning." Turning to Hashten'Kor the man continued "Control your pawn!"

Mikel: So…we are going to be jailed and maybe even executed over books?

Leena: Even if it was a treasured archive, I don't think they could go for death.

Lyle: What if the court has been invaded by the very foe we came to find? What if the user of True Elder Magic was here!

Wyre: We need to get out of here and find Mia, Orgoth and To'Eltz!

Standing, Wyre helped Wayu up and Lyle nodded grabbing weapons and throwing them over to the group "We're out of this shithole."

The door was kicked open as a row of black cloaked men ran in and surrounded the group.

Mikel glanced around at the overwhelming number "Shit."

"I know as much as all of you listening what the Western Archive contained, but Qi'No was not even the true Archive Master, he was an ally to the Korgans and responsible for much of the fire! Surely you keep track of who the current Archive Master is?"

Kay'Shera nodded to To'Eltz statement "The most recent one is or should be Yev'Jor, he is about seventy years old…this is not the man you met with in the Western Archive?"

Mia shook her head "He was much younger and claimed to have just been appointed several years ago. On top of that, he wasn't blind which according to To'Eltz, all Archive Masters are."

Lo'Tem nodded "That is correct…but we can't find this Qi'No and Yev'Jor…was found dead in the Archive Master office."

To'Eltz stood "How could none of you suspect anything? The Western Archive is your treasure? How long has Qi'No been there and yet no one had any reason to see the Archive Master? Surely royalty pays visits!?"

The Archbishop stood again and held his hand out "Sit! Do not insult us, it doesn't help anything!"

"There is no situation to help! This is just a standard questioning! Let me do-"

Hashten'Kor called out to Kay'Shera, cutting her off "Do not talk back to the Archbishop!"

The woman turned back to Mia, the trueblade conveyed to her silently that she was sorry for putting her in this situation. Kay'Shera smiled at her "Is there any way you can prove there were other parties involved?"

Mia turned to Orgoth then to To'Eltz before facing the Roc Knight again "We killed several dozen Korgans including acting commander Roltz during our conflict, their bodies littered the archive."

Lo'Tem coughed, gathering their attention "After we doused the flames, we searched; there were no bodies, just ash and soot from the flames."

As Orgoth and To'Eltz questioned the Archsage, Mia thought back to the Malsean Clock Tower, where the man they captured ignited as a fail-safe.

"No…" she whispered.

"You have all been sentenced to imprisonment…come with us quietly!" said one of the black guards.

The troop looked around, there were only seven of them, five not counting the merchants and three not counting the still injured Wyre and Wayu, facing over twenty guards of unknown origin and ability, this was not a good situation.

"Who are you? None of the Sarharan Military dress like you!"

The guards laughed "We have no need to answer questions from dead men! Come with us!"

A wall exploded as black flames poured in, scorching several guards, acting quickly, Lyle directed the group through the flames and past Soren.

The sage turned and met Lyle's eyes, the pair grinned at each other before escaping down the halls in search of Mia's group. Not realizing in the haste of the attack and escape that several palace guards lay dead around the corner from their room.

"This is far too convenient…your foes are known extinct groups and to avoid capture of leaving trails behind, their bodies can catch fire and burn to nothing but ash?" As the archbishop laughed, Mia stood and faced him.

"Surely you have heard reports! The Treige Guard fought and died against the Korgans, as did the Euto Research Center Guard, these incidents were reported! While the populace is most likely left out of the loop to continue this era of peace, the royal courts have to know!"

Lo'Tem shook his head "We don't get news from the other nations, even in peace we prefer to deal with any problems within our borders and not look into outside conflicts."

Orgoth laughed "Now that is too convenient for our case, during the warring ages, Sarhara stole information from the other nations, you expect us to believe no one is still employed in that espionage? There are too many holes here, too wide that your courts could not have possibly ignored them!"

To'Eltz looked around before facing the Archbishop "Why exactly aren't the king and queen here? This is a massive incident…even if they did send you here, why would they do that? They are the highest order in the nation of Sarhara!"

The Archbishop shook his head "Do not concern yourselves with the King and Queen, they have no need to be here, they told me this themselves! Now, continue the interrogation!"

While unhappy with the lack of a true answer, To'Eltz resumed facing Kay'Shera who smiled at him and seemed to be wondering the same thing he asked.

Reaching the interrogation room, Soren and Lyle looked around, it was empty. "They must have moved to somewhere more fitting for the sentencing."

Mikel and Leena were keeping watch outside, the warrior turned "Great! Just great! You saw how massive this place was from the outside right? How do we even-"

"There they are! You must return to your rooms!"

Acting quickly the group gathered and ran in the opposite direction from the palace guards, now confirming the men who came to take them to prison were not Sarharan Guards.

A voice cried out from another direction "They murdered the guards outside their room after escaping! Capture them! Any means necessary!"

Glancing to Hashten'Kor and Lo'Tem the Archbishop nodded slowly "I think we've heard all we need to…there is a strong lack of evidence to support your claims to innocence but enough to back the facts of your guilt…the decision…is clear."

Lo'Tem smiled, Mia saw this and was disgusted, the man had no opinions of his own, going with what made sense in the moment was true weakness.

The soldiers cheered for prison sentences; however, there was not a single mention of death.

Throwing pillars and decorations over the floor and shocking the floors to stall the guards the group opened countless doors before barreling into a large and very expensive looking room with a lit fireplace.

There was a lone pool of blood and another surrounding a man on the floor; Soren quickly ran to his side, followed by Lyle and flipped him over to reveal a large wound in his chest and the absence of a face. As grotesque as it was, Soren was amazed as the man slowly opened his eyes and grabbed Soren's hand "Arch...Bishop…"

"Archbishop?"

Leaning closer, Soren caught the man's last words and stood, turning he noticed countless palace guards stream in, weapons drawn.

He acknowledged the group "We must reach Mia…do not kill them, but get them out of the way, even if it means broken bones."

The archbishop called the Palace Guard to escort the three to the prison followed by more to retrieve the others. Kay'Shera, with her lance drawn, knocked the men aside "These people are innocent! My roc confirms they are telling the truth! What happened to the knights! Why don't we listen to our loyal mounts anymore, I will not allow this injustice continue!"

Hashten'Kor, axe drawn, knocked Kay'Shera to the floor, her mount protested only for it to be secured by several of the other Roc Knights and strapped to the ground.

"Take her as well…"

As Mia's group was being moved, the doors were blown apart, she turned and her eyes widened "Soren!"

With a loud voice Soren called the attention of the court "You are all being deceived!"

The archbishop's eyes widened "Take them! Take them all!"

With no hesitation, Soren drew his blade and hurled it, forming an ice shield; Lo'Tem protected himself from the blade.

In doing so, the archbishop stopped moving and fell to the ground, limp.

Hashten'Kor looked at the archbishop then to Lo'Tem, then to Soren "What is the meaning of this!?"

Lo'Tem grinned as the ice shield shattered and sent shards into the crowd, killing several Roc knights and water sages.

"What gave it away? Everyone always said Qi'No and I seemed to be twins…so I stole a face…"

"That's a lie, new face or not, you are both just as twisted, teaming up with wraiths of old and trying to end Ymarkteg's peace!"

"New face?" Mia stated, turning to Lo'Tem.

Soren nodded "This man tore off the real Lo'Tem's face and killed him, then used his magic to control the archbishop who he killed as well!"

A water spout tore out of the ground, lifting Lo'Tem into the air, with a bow he began spinning sending small but extremely high pressure bolts of water out of the spout. As more of the Sarharan guard fell dead, Soren and Mia's group took evasive cover, bringing Hashten'Kor and Kay'Shera with them.

"Where is Wyre? Wayu? The merchants?" turning to Mia, Soren smiled "I left them behind to explain the situation to the guards we knocked out…surely with the faceless body on the floor they'll believe us."

Hashten'Kor peered over the edge then ducked back and turned to Orgoth and To'Eltz "Any ideas?"

"Now you want to listen to us!" Orgoth said jokingly, Leena and To'Eltz leapt over the seats and dead bodies, avoiding the water bolts. Noticing this, Lo'Tem leapt away as the two blades missed him. The water spout collapsed, Orgoth and Mikel took that time to step into the open, axe and spear head launched at Lo'Tem as he landed, with a wave of his hand, and ice shield stopped their approach.

Warping in around the room, the black cloaked false guards appeared. Hashten'Kor roared as he embedded his axe into one, Soren and Lyle followed him out and engaged the new foes as Mia tapped Kay'Shera.

"We could use all the help we can get! Come on!" the woman stirred slowly and smiled at Mia "I'm sorry…"

"Everything is alright, come on, we need you!" Standing, the trueblade turned to see Mikel dodge an attack and Orgoth step in to strike the enemy. Soren and Lyle, blades in hand cut through several more alongside the raging Hashten'Kor. Leena and To'Eltz continued pursuing the evasive Lo'Tem and smashing through his ice shields.

Kay'Shera glanced at Mia "What happened while I was out?"

"Long story short, Lo'Tem is the bad guy and these black guards are his cronies. Let's go!"

Freeing her Roc, Kay'Shera took off overhead, she and her Roc began diving down, her lance piercing into the necks of many foes as Mia slid past several more of the black guard, making her way to Lo'Tem.

Standing back to back Soren and Lyle acknowledged to each other, taking one or two steps away and striking a foe before returning to their starting place. Every time a soldier lunged at them, they evaded, with one striking back for the other.

As Soren ducked under a blow, Lyle leapt over it and cut into the man's face. As the soldier stumbled away Soren finished him before Lyle turned to catch a weapon between two of his blades.

"Got you!" Smiling at the soldier's statement, Lyle brought his knee up, stabbing the man in the stomach, ripping the sword out of his hands and then slashing him twice.

Leena leapt across the room as a spout of water erupted from where she was standing, To'Eltz kneeled down, as Leena's foot hit his back, he launched her up, she struck at Lo'Tem who blew her back with a rush of water. Kay'Shera flew by, grabbing Leena out of the sky. Leaping off the Roc, the woman tackled Lo'Tem, the pair crashed into the seats, breaking through them and hitting the floor.

Lo'Tem came to his feet to face To'Eltz, spinning through the air and slashing the Archsage with his blade. With a clap of his hands a ball of water appeared in front of To'Eltz and exploded violently. The rush sent To'Eltz into the air and back into the wooden seats, tearing through them.

As Leena moved forward her blade met with Lo'Tem's arm which was now encased in water. Sliding harmlessly against the liquid, Lo'Tem spun around and punched Leena, the water exploding against her and throwing her on top of her trickster ally.

As Lo'Tem applied the healing water to his wounds, Mia shot in and stabbed him before spinning and kicking him in the head. As he tore the blade out she shot flames out of her hand, scorching the man before he shot into the air on another spout.

Leaping after him, Hashten'Kor grappled with the sage in midair before throwing him to the ground.

Orgoth and Mikel struck down several more foes before noticing Lo'Tem crash near them. A wave of water exploded from him, carrying the two out of the court room along with many of the dead bodies.

Turning with a large ice spear in hand, Lo'Tem threw it at Hashten'Kor, the spear shattered against a wall as Kay'Shera swiftly picked up her commanding officer.

"You alright?" nodding the Roc Lord pointed his weapon at Lo'Tem, before the roc could get closer; countless ice shards filled the air, causing them to fly away.

Mia, Leena and To'Eltz came at Lo'Tem from one side while Soren and Lyle approached from behind. The man leapt into the air only to be followed by his enemies. He pushed away as many of the six blades as he could but several cut into him.

Falling to the ground he noticed that his black guard had been completely eliminated.

"How!? Those were supposed to be the best of the best!"

Facing the combined might of the very people he tried to imprison, Lo'Tem prepared another spell "I'll flood this whole castle if I have to!"

A surge of water pushed Soren and Mia's group away, taking that chance; Kay'Shera had her roc performed a dive. Both her and her commanding officer's weapons sunk into Lo'Tem, the man gagged and fell onto the drenched floor with a splash.

Dismounting the pair helped the rest of the group to their feet, Soren taking a few steps towards Lo'Tem.

"This…was…a great…thing to…sacrifice…even my name…for…I die here…as Lo'Tem…my brother will avenge me…"

"I don't think so!"

The group looked around before seeing a head fall from the sky and land near Lo'Tem, they all recognized it as Qi'No.

Despair filled Lo'Tem's eyes before his body fell limp, the group looked to a hole in the ceiling, a man stood on the roof with a smile.

Soren shook his head "No…Murawk!"

The berserker pointed Helswath at them, Murawk's face seemed to have a much more wild expression and both of his eyes had a blood red glow.

"Yes! I have to thank all of you for the scars you added to my collection…burying me in the Grove Mine was a good try…but I am the same man who cursed names as twenty spears were shoved through my body…better luck next time!"

As Murawk leapt away, Meloi appeared in the court room; the group was shocked and prepared to fight.

He walked over to Lo'Tem's body and encased it in earth "Just collecting…I'm surprised you all believed Murawk to be dead…"

"What did you hope to gain using Qi'No and Lo'Tem?"

Meloi turned and smiled "His real name…ah…I've forgotten…they were proof, that even in peace, there are those that desire more…these aren't men we resurrected from the dead, I'm sure you know…they, among many others live in Ymarkteg and seek to help our ultimate cause…we've remained hidden long enough…Ymarkteg will soon know the name of they who threaten the continent's peace…starting in two days with the execution of Sarhara's King and Queen and ending with the massacre of the people of Numengate…we will bring war back to this country…people will know the name…and fear the hour of midnight…"

As Soren approached, rocks surrounded Meloi before crumbling; the Earth Archsage and bodies were gone. As if to signify the end, the rest of the black guard burst into flames.

Murawk has re-entered the fray!

With this chapter the OC sheets on deviantArt have been updated with Lo'Tem's original face which greatly resembled Qi'No and OC Sheet 6 has been added with Kay'Shera (Roc Knight) and Hashten'Kor (Roc Lord) visible.

I enjoyed the switching between the trial and Soren's group, since then there have been multiple hearings and questionings and honestly, they are a lot of fun to write!

This is the last chapter of this month so see you all next month!