If It's Not Good, It Isn't Finished - A New Chapter

Xytharia helps Leona get ready for bed, clearly concerned about her. This is when the madness kicks in, and Leona demands to see Roman. She seems terrified at the mention of Aureo or Kesra. Leona scrambles to her bag, but Xytharia grabs her, and doesn't let her pull anything out of it. Leona begs for a moment alone, backing toward the window, and Xytharia agrees, but only for a moment. When Xytharia comes back, Leona asks her to get out the sending stone from her bag. She gets it out, and Leona grabs it and runs out the door.

She sprints past Elden, Alexander, Kesra, and Aureo, misty stepping down the hall. They catch up with her, cornering her, and she demands again to see Roman. Alexander steps around the corner, transforms into Roman, and comes back, asking her what she needs. She launches herself into Alexander. Alexander, as Roman, takes Leona to a spare bedroom and sits with her for a while. He tells her he will find her a drink, locking her in, and Xytharia gives him a potion to knock her out.

For Leona, meanwhile, it's seemed like hours since Roman left, and she contacts him with the Sending Stone, telling him that she's in Azmarin. Alexander comes back, giving her the potion, which she drinks, and passes out. They take her back to her room, and put her in bed. Elden and Aureo take a watch outside her room while Kesra and Alexander go and get some rest. In the process, Kesra fills in Alexander on the details about Leona's history with Roman.

Aureo doesn't bother waking up Kesra for a shift, which she's very grumpy about, but they all get some rest. Zanelor arrives and waits with them. Kesra goes and finds King Theo, asking him what exactly Hell's Bane does. He says that it was meant to take down immortal beings, and that killing a creature with it tears apart their soul.

Eventually, Leona wakes up, remembering everything. Elden is there when she wakes up, and quickly goes and gets the others. Leona lets them know that she contacted Roman, and that he knows where they all are. They decide they should leave Azmarin quickly, and Leona says a tearful goodbye to Aureo. Kesra lets a member of the guard to be on the lookout for Roman.

As they go to leave, a bit of a goodbye party has formed outside, including Andromeda Skyseeker. Elden approaches her, apologizing for any discomfort he's caused her, and she tells him to find her on the spring solstice, and she'll answer all his questions. Kesra talks to Red, telling her that they're heading after Lorekeeper next.

Aureo approaches Elden, telling him he has new orders for him. He is to defend Kesra, Leona, and Alexander in Aureo's name. Along with those orders, he promotes him to Captain. Everyone says their goodbyes, and Aureo rides off.

Leona sees Zanelor and goes to say goodbye to him. Zanelor tells her that someone else is there to see her, and Soren comes around the corner. As Soren comes to say everyone else, Andromeda realizes he's there. Kyuu also pops up, and introductions are made all around.

Soren goes and kneels next to Andromeda, telling her that he has news. He believes that he's found something that can help with the curse. They would have to go to the Astral Plane together. She tells him that she thinks she got someone very powerful killed, and she has to make it right. But she agrees to go with him.

Andromeda asks to speak to Leona, and she approaches. She tells Leona about what Soren told her, and that she's going to try for this future. She asks Leona to forgive her for holding back a vision that she had of a girl with pink hair, who was used for a ritual, taking someone else's divine shackles and putting them on her. She tells Leona that she has a shard of the abyss in her soul.

While Leona and Andromeda speak, Kesra asks Alexander for more details about where they're going, which he supplies. Soren goes and speaks with Zanelor, with Zanelor telling him that he's told Leona as much as he can stomach to. Elden pulls Leona aside for a moment and apologizes for not protecting her when she went in the vault, which she tells him is not needed. He also messages Val and tells her about his promotion and new orders.