00:16At last, it has settled. My wounds are nearly mended.
00:28My lady, you have recovered. What has passed beyond these walls these past days?
00:34Much. After Adrian was stripped of his command, he vanished. The fiends that broke free have overrun Ironhold entire. The
00:41whole city? It did not hold. All within the city are gone. The royal capital sent in the Funeburn host
00:48after that. Julian led them.
00:50Five sainted knights, 30,000 elite troops. All of them are gone.
00:54The entire host destroyed?
00:57And yet, my lady, the step you took was the right one.
01:00All within the royal capital are now certain. Adrian was the one who broke the seal. The fall of Ironhold,
01:06the ruin of the Funebloed host, all of it laid at his feet. High treason, treating with the enemy, betrayal
01:14of the host's council.
01:15Good. Better than good. I thought it would only slow him. It has buried him entire.
01:21Every soul out there hunts him now. Hunt him? They would trade his head for gold without so much as
01:26a breath of hesitation.
01:26Is that not fitting? The old has fallen. Another must rise to take its place.
01:33What is your meaning, my lady?
01:35What this realm wants most is not a marshal. It wants one who can pull the realm back from the
01:40abyss. If I bring Adrian back in chains and drive those two creatures back into darkness, it will not be
01:47his name the realm remembers.
01:49Should you truly accomplish this, my lady, your name shall be carved into the bones of this realm. My lady,
01:53you witness those two creatures yourself. They are not merely strong. With what we have here, I fear it would
02:00not be enough.
02:01Which is why I shall not rely on you alone. The high preemptors of the four high colleges of sorcery
02:06are indebted to me. All four of them archmaces. Is that enough?
02:10The four high precepts? It is said each one commands an ancient line of sorcery. Should they truly lend their
02:16strength? That would change the reckoning entire.
02:18These past days have been quiet here. What fiends remain are too few to threaten. Tristan, hold this position with
02:26our men. Not one fiend passes through.
02:29As you command, my lady. I ride to summon the four high precepts. When I return, the name Vivian shall
02:35be woven into the very bones of Varodia.
02:55Legend of Ghostbond
02:56Adrian, that single blow of yours, ten years of sleep! Ten years long enough. A debt is worth priority.
03:07owed to me, and I mean to collect it.
