Gate of Memoirs/Repentance

Forgiving yourself is also important.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Dead God's Law"	Music: "Dead God's Law"
 	
*There's just too many of them.
*For every phantom swarm and restless ghost felled, two more rose to take their place.
*Deep ran the hatreds of the Vale, and the poison that would consume them all ran as fire in Phaedra's veins.
 	
*Phaedra: Huff...huff...
*Phaedra: (This isn't good...I can't keep up...)
 	
*Even her indomitable bodyguard buckled under each unrelenting assault.
 	
*This can't end here. It can't.
*Not after she was given a second chance to live...
 	
*Phaedra: ... ...
*Phaedra: Wait. Please...
*Phaedra: If you think me unworthy of this second chance, then I will return it.
*Phaedra: A death by my own hands as penance for the wrongs of the few.
 	
*Phaedra summons her lance to her side, bringing it up to her throat.
Music: "Sunset Prayer" 	Music: "Sunset Prayer"
 	
*Phaedra: Angahl... I'm sorry.
*Phaedra: If only I had known earlier...I might have been able to spare you from this.
*Phaedra: You were loyal to the very end. You were always there to protect me.
 	
*Phaedra: My house is proud to have a retainer like you.
*Phaedra: I can only hope that this goes a small way toward calming the rage of the Vale.
*Phaedra: Goodbye, my friend.
 	
*Angahl: Phaedra!
*Angahl: NO!
 	
*Phaedra: ... ...
*Phaedra: ...What?
 	
*The lance head hovers mere inches from her throat, suppressed by an intangible force.
*Phaedra releases her grip, and the lance floats in midair for a moment before clattering at her feet.
*The vengeful elemental seemed to calm slightly, and before long Phaedra knew why.
*The friendly presence of tinkling lights danced at the edge of her consciousness—the voices that first roused her.
*Though they possessed no form and spoke in the chittering tongue of the Fae, they touched their minds to hers, and opened her mind's eye.
Music: "Daydream" 	Music: "Daydream"
 	
*Faelight: *tinkle*
 	
*Phaedra: Was it your doing?
 	
*Enraged Elemental: ... ...
*Enraged Elemental: Do not think a mere blessing can erase your wrongdoings, human.
*Enraged Elemental: These lesser spirits may have spared you once, but you will find no forgiveness from me.
*Angahl is abruptly released from his bindings, falling to the ground with a loud crash.
 	
*Angahl: *grunt*
 	
*Enraged Elemental: Leave this grove...and never return.
*With a violent gale, the malice dissipates.
 	
*Miell: Phaedra!
*Miell: Are you all right?!
 	
*Phaedra: Yes. Thanks to these little lights.
*Phaedra: I don't understand, though. Why?
 	
*Faelight: *tinkle*
 	
*Miell: Ah...
*Miell: These are...the spirits of long departed Fae.
 	
*Miell kneels and holds out a gentle hand to the lights, which dance sprightly for her.
 	
*Miell: Like the enraged elemental you encountered, they too were once angry and spiteful.
*Miell: But all things fade with time. Even hatred.
*Miell: All that remains is a deep weariness, and before long, one yearns for peace.
*Miell: They now tell me one simple thing: Forgive.
*Miell: That was how they moved on and gave you a second chance.
 	
*Phaedra: ...!
 	
*Phaedra: Indeed...
*Phaedra: If only it were so easy.
 	
*Phaedra: But at long as I have Angahl by my side, I'm sure we will make the most of our new lives.
 	
*Angahl: ...?!
*Angahl: No, my lady...
 	
*Angahl: I am...corrupted...and tormented...by failure.
*Angahl: The elementals... They...kept me alive...as punishment.
*Angahl: They will never...leave me alone...
 	
*Phaedra: Whatever comes, you won't be alone. Not anymore.
*Phaedra: You were looking for me all this time, no?
*Phaedra: We'll weather whatever comes—together. We will find our own peace.
 	
*Angahl: Heh...
 	
*Miell: I'm happy to hear that.
 	
*Miell: Where will you go now?
 	
*Phaedra: I can't very well leave after getting a second chance.
*Phaedra: If you'll have us, we'll do what we can for the Vale. Whatever little we can offer, we will.
 	
*Angahl: Mm!
 	
*Miell: That's wonderful.
*Miell: It'll be no small matter to remove those unsightly outposts, but I suppose it won't be an issue for you, Angahl...
 	
*"Truly, forgiveness begins with the self."
*"Great Starsage... Wherever you are, only know this, and be free."