The Empress Consort Fionan looked on in awe at the devastation of the tribulation. She had not felt anything like it in over a million years but she was still alive back then to recall just once seeing one.
It was one of the generals of the Fionan Empire. He had been forged in war and death. When he had finally taken the final step, his tribulation had felt as terrifying as the one that suddenly showed up in the Rubyfire Kingdom.
They were at the top of a tower in the palace looking down on the grounds. She could easily see the shimmering wards erected in the middle of the guest villas and courtyards. Why someone would face a tribulation of any strength there was beyond her but she strengthened the protections around their tower to be safe.
The Heavens ignored her as she was quite far from the center, but she did not doubt it was watching. She held her daughter's possessions close as she had been looking over some of the diaries of her time in the mortal realm.
