Picking up the Pieces

Kesra, Leona, and Elden are still in McGrath's tower(5:49). Leona offers to Kesra to take the two of them to the airship, to give her some space to recover. Kesra says she doesn't care, so Leona takes them to Wolfecrest. Elden takes a moment to use the telescope to look at Zandaria, seeing that it looks like it was sieged, but the siege was broken. All 3 return to Wolfecrest.

In Wolfecrest(10:31), Leona reaches out to Xytharia magically, exhausting herself in the process, but letting her know that they're coming. Xytharia meets them at the keep, and gets them inside. She re-attaches Alexander's arm, though it takes two attempts as she seems to struggle with the spell.

Xytharia tells them(21:39) that there's another visitor, who told her that they were coming - it's Sura. She takes them all to their own rooms, but takes Atlas to see Sura. On the way, Xytharia warns Atlas that Sura ran into some trouble herself, and is a bit beat up. The two embrace after 4 years, and begin to catch up.

When Elden reaches his room(31:05), he begins slamming pieces of his armor to the walls and floor as he takes it off, then screams into a pillow for a while. In Kesra and Alexander's room, he offers to sleep in his lab. Once he gets there, he summons Mr. Grumps, and curls up to sleep with him. Kesra gets to bed and dissolves into body-shaking sobs until she falls asleep. In Leona's room, she uses her crown to contact Rey, and succeeds. Tearfully, she and Rey catch up, apologizing for previous upset words, and professing their love once again. He plans to try to come see her soon, and tells her that Apollyon is no longer disguised as his mother, and he is now officially the sovereign.

When Leona drifts off to sleep(46:26), she dreams of floating in nothing. The Everlight appears to her, telling her she wants to give her something. She takes a perfect diamond and places it between Leona's eyes, telling her that this will help her revivify her friends. Leona hugs her, and goes to sleep.

Atlas awakes(53:05) to find Sura doing her morning prayers. He sees that she has new scars, infernal runes carved into her back. He tells her about Leona, that she's an oracle. She recognizes the fondness with which he speaks of her, and also tells him about Kendell. He tells her that he could have returned home after retrieving Lorekeeper, but he chose to stay with these people. He also tells her about Leona healing him, and about his visions of her. She asks him if this all took place in Talira, and, when he confirms it, she says that that is where she saw him die. They rejoice in the realization that it seems that he beat her vision.

Alexander contacts his mother(1:02:34) first thing in the morning, making sure that she and the family are ok, which they are, to his great relief. He also contacts Captain Burke, telling her that they are no longer there, and suggesting that she leave.

Leona contacts Rey(1:06:46) as soon as she wakes up to say good morning. As she's brushing her hair, Atlas comes to see her. He thanks her for saving him, and tells her that he believes that she's special in many different ways, and offers to introduce her to another oracle, perhaps at breakfast.

Everyone reunites(1:15:05), and heads down for breakfast, except for Elden, who's focused on cleaning and repairing his armor. Leona goes and finds him, telling him that they're eating breakfast, and helps him with fixing his armor. At breakfast, as they all see Sura walk in, they recognize her as the spitting image of the Empress. Leona asks her last name, and she admits that it is Macierre. She says that her grandfather was a bastard who was sent off to I’olynne.

Sura asks them(1:25:13) about their recent adventures, and they tell her a bit about their visions. They say that they won, even if it didn't feel like it, and that they are one step closer to completing the Veldahar. Atlas tells Leona that Sura is the oracle he mentioned, and she says that she is an oracle of calamity, that she sees war and conflict. She tells Leona that the curse for her vision is that she feels others' pain very intensely, and sometimes struggles with either feeling her own emotions extremely strongly, or not feeling them at all. Elden tells her about when Leona tried to kill them all, and Leona tells her about how she goes to the abyss.

After breakfast(1:35:06), Kesra goes wandering, until she finds the shadiest bar she can. Atlas goes and finds Elden. He asks Elden about whatever's bothering him, and Elden asks him if he ever meditates. Atlas takes him through a guided meditation, which helps to calm him. Elden asks about Atlas' vision, and why he didn't kill Sura in it. Atlas says that he refused to give in to what the vision wanted. He tells Elden that watching the others go through their tests was his own test. They reflect on the gathering of players to play some great game. Elden tells him that apparently there's a god inside of him. Atlas offers to be Elden's tether in the midst of everything that's going on.

Leona goes off(1:54:35) to try to make some money. She sings so charmingly that she earns nearly 1000 gold, and the tavern opens their front doors so that passers-by can also hear. Afterwards, an older woman asks her to headline at her place that evening. Leona notices that much of the gold has come from one person in particular. She finds Aureo in disguise, and they embrace joyfully. They talk a little, and Leona asks him to go find the others while she does some shopping. She gets 600 gold worth of diamonds, and gets some regenerative salve.

Alexander retreats to his lab(2:12:06), examining his arm to make sure it's ok. Eventually, he goes and finds Xytharia in the temple of the Raven Queen. He asks her about the difficulty she had when she reattached his arm. She says that necromantic energy can interfere with a lot of things, and be terribly infectious. He asks Xytharia what her opinion is about what exactly a soul is, and they have a very deep discussion about it.

Aureo comes and finds Kesra(2:27:07), quite drunk in a bar. She tells him that her dead fianceé came back like his did. After they talk a bit, he tells her that the others are looking for her. He sits quietly with her for a while, before the others join them. He greets them all, introducing himself to Atlas. As they're preparing to leave, Elden mentions wanting to blow off some steam in a good fight, and they discuss doing some sparring. They all begin to make their way to the twice-lit candle.