Gate of Memoirs/Right to Rule

Five years later, Gortius' idyllic family life is overshadowed by rumors of his dying father and an empty throne.
Elysia: Return of the Heir Episode 2—Homecoming—
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Tree of Gaia"	Music: "Tree of Gaia"
 	
*Five years have passed since the conclusion of the momentous Northern Campaign against the pirates.
 	
*Rescue teams were sent out in search of their missing crown prince to no avail;
*the popular sentiment was that he perished in valiant combat against the notorious pirate lord, Morgos the Black.
 	
*The tattered sail of their flagship, the Queenswrath, was recovered in place of Gortius' missing body,
*and a full funeral was held for the brave men and women who perished in Elysia's service.
 	
*Among the honored was the first mixed-blood commander, Miriam, whose body was also purportedly stolen by the cruel waves.
 	
*King Radmuhl mourned the loss of his son, and laid all his hopes upon Estia to take the throne in his stead someday.
*But alas, that day came too soon—Radmuhl had grown ill with grief, and rumors circulated far and wide:
*The King of Elysia is dying.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Frozen Tears"	Music: "Frozen Tears"
 	
—Northeastern Eiros
 	
*Miriam: I've taken everything we need. It should last us all the way to the kingdom.
*Miriam: Evie will be safe here with Rosaria. She's offered to look after her in the meantime.
*Miriam: ...Gortius?
 	
*Gortius: I still don't know what I should do or say, Miriam.
*Gortius: I'm a...a deserter of my country and my fellow man. What right have I to return to Elysia?
*Gortius: What right have I as a father and husband to put my family in danger over this...farce?
*Gortius: I'm no longer a prince. I can't go back.
 	
*Miriam stops fiddling with the saddlebag and walks over to take her husband's hands in hers.
 	
*Miriam: Gortius. 
*Miriam: In these five years, you've given our daughter and I more than I could ever ask for,
*Miriam: at the expense of the duty foisted upon your shoulders from your birth.
*Miriam: You are a son first and a prince second, Gortius.
 	
*Miriam: You have no reason not to return to Elysia to make amends with your father.
*Miriam: And I will always stand by your side, no matter what.
 	
*Gortius squeezes her hands before turning his gaze to the sniffling little girl toddling up to him.
*Evie: Papa...Mama...Where are you going?
*Evie: Are you leaving me behind?
 	
*Gortius: No...We've just got some people to see. We'll be back before you know it.
*Gortius: Be on your best behavior, all right? Don't give our neighbors a headache.
 	
*Miriam: Terribly sorry to leave our daughter with you, Rosaria.
 	
*Rosaria: Not at all. I hope everything turns out to be all right in the empire.
*Rosaria: Lot of awful rumors going around. Safe travels to you.
 	
*Miriam gives her young daughter a kiss on the forehead and embraces her tightly.
*Miriam: We love you, Evie. Be safe.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Snow Poem"	Music: "Snow Poem"
 	
*Several days later, Gortius and Miriam find themselves breaking away from the snow-touched paths of Eiros into desolate and broken woods.
*Hardly the safest place to travel through, but certainly the fastest.
 	
*Miriam: Come to think of it, if your father has taken ill...
*Miriam: Wouldn't the throne go to your sister?
 	
*Gortius: Yes. She has expressed her distaste for politics while I was still in court, but there is no debate she would be the natural successor.
 	
*Gortius: Estia would have loved being an aunt. Evie would have delighted her with her little magic tricks.
 	
*Miriam: Yet Evie wouldn't have come to be if you still stayed at court.
 	
*Gortius: ...Let's leave it at that. I do not ever regret starting a family with you, Miriam.
*Gortius: Never doubt that.
 	
*An unnatural stillness prompts Miriam to bring her steed to a stop.
 	
*Miriam: Gortius, wait.
 	
*Miriam: Something's not—
 	
*A loosed arrow embeds itself in the trunk near Miriam, causing her horse to rear up in fright.
Music: "Overcome" 	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*Shady Rogue: Ah, look who we've found here.
*Shady Rogue: And the man has a companion! Interesting...
 	
*Miriam: We don't have coin. Leave.
 	
*Shady Rogue: Heh. We don't care for coin.
 	
*Gortius: Who are you?
 	
*Shady Rogue: No one of importance. Only here to wish you and yours a good night, princey.
*Shady Rogue: You can watch a new era dawn over Elysia from the afterlife.