Gate of Memoirs/A Last Stand

Faefire has purged the corruption from Alraune, but Baelfyr is not satisfied.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Lone Strength"	Music: "Lone Strength"
 	
*Zeruiah: I have failed you, spirit. I should've been there.
*Zeruiah: ......
*Zeruiah: You say there's more?
 	
*Alraune: ...Hhhh...
*Alraune: Hhh...my children...
*Alraune: Where...where have they gone?
 	
*A lone Voidborn scout alights near the ruined spirit, fluttering its insectoid wings.
 	
*Alraune: Are you...lost too?
*Alraune: Don't worry... You're safe...with me...
 	
*Alraune: Shh...shh.
 	
*Zeruiah: What has that dread being done to you?
 	
*Another presence alerts the sage. Zeruiah whips around and narrows her eyes at the familiar scent.
 	
*Zeruiah: A human, accompanied by the unmistakable glow of fire.
 	
*Zeruiah: ...! This violent, roiling memory! What-
 	
*It burns...it burns!
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Nothingness"	Music: "Nothingness"
 	
*Baelfyr: There's not much left for you to protect.
 	
*Baelfyr: Don't worry. You'll join the rest of your "children" soon enough.
 	
*Alraune: You...murderer...
*Alraune: Aaaahhh!!
 	
*Baelfyr: Gh! ...Tch!
 	
*Baelfyr: Unrepentant witch! Look around you! Your forests are tainted with sickly corruption!
 	
*Baelfyr: The pacifist ways of the Fae have led to their downfall at the hands of these invaders.
*Baelfyr: Only through the cleansing embers of Fire can we purge this poison from the land.
 	
*Baelfyr: Now...and forever.
 	
*Alraune: ...!!!
 	
*Baelfyr's armored plates reflect the burning fires as he walks toward the writhing, tortured earth spirit.
*The distinct smell of burning wood and flesh chokes the very atmosphere.
 	
*Alraune: Nnh...
*Alraune: Hhhrrkk!
 	
*Alraune spits out blackened blood, but her eyes widen as successive bouts of the liquid grow lighter, finally returning to her normal green.
 	
*Baelfyr: Hmm? ...What's this?
 	
*Alraune: What...what did you burn me with?
*Alraune: It is no mortal fire...This means...
 	
*Alraune: Thief of divine Faefire...you disgust me.
 	
*Baelfyr: Come to your senses, have you? So I was right after all. The corruption is unholy in origin.
*Baelfyr: Oh, and it may interest you to know that your great sage gave this to me herself.
 	
*Alraune: You...you lie! She would never...!
*Alraune: Starsage...why?
 	
*Baelfyr: Likely because she knew she couldn't burn her own forest down, even if her hand was forced.
*Baelfyr: Peace cannot be maintained through isolation. This invasion is proof of that.
*Baelfyr: Unlike the Fae, we humans will never let ourselves be trampled underfoot. We will fight to the bitter end.
*Baelfyr: Our pride and our indomitable spirit call for it.
*Baelfyr: For our right to live in a prosperous future...
 	
*Baelfyr: We must stamp out every last trace of evil.
 	
*Alraune: The Starsage will hear of this. My blood will cry for vengeance.
 	
*Baelfyr: If you believe she's coming back.
 	
*Alraune: Ahh...my children. My precious children. I...
 	
**shhhhhkkk*
 	
*Alraune: *gurgle*
 	
*The earth spirit collapses to the ground, bleeding out from the rift in her throat.
*Her emerald blood spills and seeps into the earth, amid the caustic Voidborn essence and lingering embers.
 	
*Baelfyr: What a mess. Ah well. I suppose it couldn't be helped...
 	
*Hhh...hhhhh...
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Lone Strength"	Music: "Lone Strength"
 	
*Zeruiah: Spirit, do you still hear my voice?
 	
*I...I do. But not for much longer.
*Great Starsage...I implore you...
 	
*Zeruiah: ...I understand. Rest now, in the bosom of Earth Mother.
*Zeruiah: May you find peace in the Great Beyond.
 	
*The sage slowly opens her eyes and comes out of a deep, contemplative meditation.
*Her peace does not last. Her normally calm and gentle demeanor is replaced by warring emotions of grief and fury.
*She draws out a small, intricate silver necklace from a pouch, and holds it close to her heart.
 	
*Zeruiah: Eirwen. Remember when you told me you couldn't remember how you got to the Vale?
*Zeruiah: You expressed so much curiosity about yourself, about your people, despite my stern discouragement...
*Zeruiah: And eventually, you convinced me to allow some of the druids and scholars access to our home.
*Zeruiah: You believed in the goodness of mankind...and, in bestowing Faefire, so did I.
 	
*Zeruiah: And this is how the humans repay our kindness.
*Zeruiah: With endless bickering, threats of conquest...and heartless slaughter.
*Zeruiah: ......
*Zeruiah: I cannot change what has already been set in motion.
*Zeruiah: This responsibility...is mine alone.
 	
*Zeruiah: And I will be the one to deliver retribution.