Flashback
"Hero of the Evergreens...do you wish a proper burial for your...companions?"
"...I'm afraid there weren't any ashes left to be buried, Elder Adil."
"...I see."
The elder's silvery eyes narrowed at Demond, before glancing upon the graveyards that filled the clearings, each of her sister's name carved into the wooden crosses, a sincere request from Adil to the church, for even without vessals that contained laughter under the suns or cheers for the rains, may they be rested in the lushed greens that used to be their home.
Adil glanced around, charred remains have been cleared away, yet the soils forever were tarnished blackness, the tyrant's ash and blood seeping into the lands, and his flames forever stitched into the Evergreenn's roots. All...all because he knew the Hero is here, by the damning vampires who dares intrude and leak the intel that would cost Adil's everything.
