Gate of Memoirs/Lightbringers

Home--riding home, at last, through darkness divine.
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Music: "Ghost"	Music: "Ghost"
 	
*Gwyll: Ooh. Not bad; not bad at all.
 	
*Gwyll: Certainly not unexpected of someone like you, .
 	
*Giselle: What was that for?
 	
*Gwyll: If you must know, it *was* a jest. At your expense, I might add.
*Gwyll: But surely you would agree such knowledge isn't to be given to those with no power.
 	
*He's right. You lower your weapon, but keep your eye on him.
*And yet, you can't quite argue that the Erlking hasn't given you valuable insight into your situation.
 	
*Giselle: Fine, let's assume you are correct.
*Giselle: That still doesn't answer our question. What can we do to stop this?
*Giselle: We don't even have a clue where the Queen has gone.
 	
*Gwyll chuckles mirthlessly, shaking his head.
 	
*Gwyll: Fragile creatures governed by the rules of the world you live in.
 	
*Gwyll: Can there be a time and place where the Queen's influence has not yet taken root? One that can still yet be saved?
*Gwyll: You need only ask this one, of course—provided she is willing.
 	
*Gwyll runs a cold hand along Kyria's arm, who draws her weapon angrily.
 	
*Kyria: Watch yourself.
 	
*Gwyll: Drawing arms against your host? Such an uncouth brute.
 	
*Gwyll: Ah well. They say stars burn brightest ere their demise.
 	
*Kyria: ... ...
 	
*Giselle: Kyria, wait!
 	
*Giselle: I think I...understand what he means to say.
*Giselle: So far, from what we know, Elysia's been safe on both sides.
*Giselle: I don't believe you've returned to your home since. No?
 	
*Kyria: ...Aye. That much is true.
*Kyria: Would that I knew what became of my country, but the days since have blended together.
*Kyria: Light almighty. How long has it really been...?
 	
*Gwyll: A mere human raised to such an onerous task...results in an unhappy eternal existence.
*Gwyll: But if you wish, I can take you there. One last moment before you lose sight of it forever.
 	
*Gwyll: I doubt you want to waste away on a prayer here, as lovely as my realm is. Give it some thought.
 	
*Kyria: ... ...
 	
*An uncomfortable silence passes through the group before Kyria gives the slightest of nods.
 	
*Gwyll: Then it is settled.
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*A gentle chime emanates from the lantern on the end of the Erlking's staff as all light seems to funnel toward it.
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Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*—Elysia, Light of the Grand.
 	
*Nia: Elaina, are you really going to keep trying until you get an answer?
*Nia: And you're the one who keeps telling me off when I stay up!
*Nia: No matter how many sleepless nights you throw at it, the Void isn't going to answer.
 	
*Elaina: Do as I say and not as I do, my dear. And you give up far too easily.
 	
*Elaina: Besides, I'm fairly certain I've grasped something... 
*Elaina: A small thread. That's all I need.
*Elaina: All the alignments are in place. I can feel it...
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*Elaina closes her eyes, hovering a hand over her elaborate ritual.
*The flow of time she was so attuned to wash over all her senses like a gentle wave.
*And then, a distant, swelling rush.
 	
*Elaina: ...?!
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*Elaina: Ack!
Music: "The Hunter"	Music: "The Hunter"
 	
*A pale vision containing the shimmering forms of a hundred, hundred knights thunder by.
 	
*At its head rode a handsome woman atop a pure-white stallion, whose haloed crown rivalled even the Light in its majesty.
 	
*Elaina: (Is this a vision...?)
*Elaina: (Wait... This has happened before! The hero from the Void!)
 	
*Visions of endless wars pass before Elaina's eyes, from antiquity to recent history.
*Every war, every struggle, every enemy slain in the name of the Light...
*All of it had started with the first torch thrust into the darkness.
*The first to ascend, and with her, an endless crusade of faith and fallacy.
 	
*At Elaina's side, mortal terror comes over Nia as the dimensional tear pulses.
 	
*A glimpse of something best left unknown.
 	
*A glimpse of another life—another time...
 	
*That if the two should ever meet—
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*The rift grows unstable, and like Draegar's invasion so long ago, a roiling nightmare begins to materalize.
*For those that seek to escape their black fate must fight the faceless fury of beings too vile to grasp with mortal minds.
 	
*Kyria: The last ride for our freedom...from this black fate.
 	
*Kyria: Light willing.