Gate of Memoirs/Two Wrongs Make A Right

If you're the one committing the second wrong.
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Music: "Dragon's Roar"	Music: "Dragon's Roar"
 	
*The stench of death fills the air as the Vale drowns in bloodshed once more.
*Though the Fae were caught off guard, they fought back in earnest, driven by unseen and unheard courage.
*Perhaps the trauma of the prior invasion had hardened their hearts and filled them with resolve.
 	
*Baelfyr: Report.
 	
*Wolf's Eye Guard: My lord, the Empire's army is pressing forward according to plan.
*Wolf's Eye Guard: The sage was spotted earlier on, commanding the forest itself to fight back.
*Wolf's Eye Guard: As we speak, those forces of nature are mounting a strong defense against them.
 	
*Baelfyr: What of the sage herself?
 	
*Wolf's Eye Guard: Apologies, my lord. We have not seen her since.
 	
*Baelfyr: (Hmph. This should be of little consequence...)
 	
*Baelfyr: (It has nothing to do with you anyway, Zeruiah.)
*Baelfyr: It is time. Rally the rest; we must move now.
 	
*As Baelfyr prepares to leave the chaotic battle with his guards, a few Empire soldiers come through the undergrowth.
*Their armor has been cracked in places, and all of them are bleeding from gashes and wounds.
 	
*A hint of annoyance flashes across Baelfyr's face before it resembles something akin to concern.
 	
*Empire Captain: Sir Baelfyr! There you are!
*Empire Captain: The forest—it's come alive! My men are in no state to fight!
 	
*Baelfyr: Indeed. We have underestimated them.
*Baelfyr: We should make haste in our retreat, then.
 	
*Empire Captain: You're just...leaving?!
 	
*Baelfyr: You're not going to make it out of here. The Fae will kill you on sight.
*Baelfyr: Maybe I should put you out of your misery.
*Baelfyr: The same way your kingdom did to House Auswald.
 	
*The captain slumps unconscious to his knees, bleeding out from the fatal stab wound in his neck.
*Behind him, a Wolf's Eye guard retrieves the poisoned dagger, as others dispatch the remaining soldiers.
*As if on cue, another squad of empire soldiers arrive, stopping at the sight of the bodies.
*Empire Commander: What happened here? One of your guards said...
 	
*Baelfyr: Ambushed by the Fae, no doubt. See the poisonous stings upon their necks!
*Baelfyr: They will pay for such underhanded moves!
 	
*Baelfyr: Commander! I will search this way.
*Baelfyr: Take your men and track them straight ahead!
*Baelfyr: If we split up, we may corner them yet!
 	
*Empire Commander: You're...You're right! Move it, men!
 	
*Baelfyr watches the commander and his group move out of sight, before turning his back on them.
*Baelfyr: Make fast work of whoever crosses our paths later on.
*Baelfyr: I do not want a repeat of this. We will be caught too soon.
 	
*Wolf's Eye Guard: Yes, my lord.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Battle Spirit"	Music: "Battle Spirit"
 	
*The guards posted at the gates did not expect to see their champion Baelfyr returning so soon,
*nor did they expect the silent, swift death that came for them.
*What little was left of the defending forces was powerless against the Wolf's Eyes' fires,
*as they torched a path through anyone who dared resist their onslaught into the castle.
*Some, convinced that the corruption of the Vale had turned even their greatest champion, fled from the city in fear and terror.
*Others spat dying curses at him, accusing him of wanting to usurp the highest seat of power...
 	
*...but they were met with a cold, chilling truth.
*Baelfyr: Status has no value to me.
*Baelfyr: I only want you to have a taste of what your fathers did...
*Baelfyr: After all, you courtiers and your kings made me this way.
 	
*Noble: I don't know what you're talking about, beast!
 	
*Baelfyr: Surely you remember House Auswald.
*Baelfyr: The first and last house to ever split from the kingdoms a hundred years ago.
 	
*Baelfyr: Drowned in blood and betrayal from their own kin, and lost to the memories of men.
 	
*Noble: That's...That's only a ghost story!
*Noble: No one from that house...should have survived!
 	
*Baelfyr: No one should. But one did.
*Baelfyr: And I carry the legacy he was too cowardly to even consider.
 	
*Wolf's Eye Guard: My lord.
 	
*Baelfyr: No one...
 	
*Baelfyr: ...leaves the city alive.