The passing of the Living Prophet thrust Taon Melin into the spotlight.
He didn't exactly know why. The Ylvainan sub-community within the Larkinson Clan held plenty of notable figures.
There were several respected leaders who could have risen up to take charge of the only true Ylvainan believers that remained true to the faith.
One of them was Fleet Coordinator Ophelia Kronon, who was rather low-key but held a position of great responsibility within the clan. While she wasn't outright in charge of all of the ships of the Larkinson Clan, she still had a lot of say in how they were run and where they should be positioned.
With her experience in senior leadership and management, she should have taken to leading the remaining Ylvainans like a fish to water.
Yet when Taon approached her shortly after James Ylvaine exhausted himself to death, the elder woman shook her head.
