Arriving back at Nosia, they were surprised at the state of the city.
Soon after Marcus woke, they left to return to the North and go to Nosia. While Tess and Elciya remained to help the Inner City's repair efforts and rescue of those who were missing after the attack, Marcus was determined to leave and take care of things regarding the prophesied flame. Elanor, forced to choose whether to stay and help the repairs and rescue efforts, chose to return to the North with Marcus.
When they left to go to the capital, the city seemed to teeter on the edge of collapse, but in the few days that they had left it seemed that it had taken a full dive off that edge.
Where key buildings belonging to rival groups within the syndicate were the only victims of the war that was blossoming in the city originally, it had quickly expanded to claim a lot more.
'The city was like a warzone,' Marcus thought as they arrived. 'No, not like. It is a warzone.'
