Gate of Memoirs/The Red Audience

Blood runs free in the royal courts as the rebels mount a full assault.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Dragon's Roar"	Music: "Dragon's Roar"
 	
*Grandt: Khh...
 	
*Miriam: Is that all? I expect more from lesser soldiers.
 	
*Miriam: So, tell me. Are you terribly attached to your head?
 	
*Grandt: You won't have the upper hand for long.
*Grandt: You're surrounded. Back down now, and no more blood will be spilled today.
 	
*Miriam: I don't think you quite understand your position to be making such demands.
 	
*Evie: Mother.
 	
*Miriam: Perfect timing, daughter.
 	
*Evie sweeps in as the magical barrier barring entry into the court falls away at her touch.
*Evie: Apologies, Mother. There was a strong seal over the courtyard that needed dispelling.
*Evie levels a cold glare at Grandt and the remainder of the rebel forces.
 	
*Grandt: Seal? We didn't come in through the front door.
 	
*Grandt: Did you really think we were that stupid?
 	
*Miriam: Stalling your death with useless words, are we?
 	
*Evie: Mother, wait. The spell was indeed atypical for the rebels...
*Evie: Invoking the Light as a barrier...is the specialty of the court clerics.
 	
*?: Fancy seeing you here, Princess.
*A familiar figure steps out of the gloom, flanked by a half-dozen royal guards.
 	
*Evie: Advisor Giehl...
 	
*His hair completely white now, Advisor Giehl seems even more frail than a decade ago, but his wicked smile speaks volumes of his cunning.
*At his command, the royal guards draw arms and advance toward the queen regent.
 	
*Miriam: Tch. So, the old dog finally bites his master's hand.
 	
*Advisor Giehl: Let's not get too hubristic, here...
*Advisor Giehl: Calling yourself a master when you scarcely understand the powers at work.
*Advisor Giehl: I see that your little coup has grinded to a screeching halt, Lightseeker.
*Advisor Giehl: But worry not. You'll have your revenge for your beloved king soon enough.
*Advisor Giehl: Look at her numerous crimes. Selling Elysia out to that magocracy, and putting us all under the heel of the sorcerers!
*Advisor Giehl: If you can call yourselves true sons and daughters of Elysia, string up these traitors!
*Advisor Giehl: Blood for blood!
 	
*Evie: What?!
 	
*Evie: Must it come to this?
 	
*Grandt: Enough talking, witch!
*Grandt: You and your traitorous mother will pay for your crimes—with your lives!
 	
*Grandt: Hrraaahhh!