Episode: Siege Stories II
Posted by Story on 04/10/17
The glorious events of the Wake of Lights, where Arx was blessed by the presence of the Queen of Endings Herself, are unfortunately shadowed by tragedy. A few hours after the Wake's end, the Queensrest Inn was host to a nightmarish event. Men and women, poisoned and driven mad with bloodlust, attacked their fellow citizens, while others were paralyzed by terrors only they could see. Some speak of Sir Silas Mercier, Commander of the Iron Guard, likewise affected by the murderous rage, cutting down his fellow citizens. Others speak of the efforts of Princess Freja Redrain to take on the voice... only to suffer wounds that knocked her unconscious. Legate Orazio and Prince Aiden Grayson suffered for longer than most under the poison's effect, and even once freed, could not prevent the tragedy. Sir Armel once again rose up to the occasion, even managing to invoke the powers of Gild, even save some of the Inn's staff. But for all this heroism, he was maimed, and the one that struck the Cathedral, the same that has now struck on the day where the people's hopes rose, is still free...