In quiet streets and alleys of the Kingdom of Cadere, numerous footsteps can be heard, the twilight of change is about to begin, the foot steps drew closer, the bellows of the crowd started to gain momentum, the streets that were empty began to be lit up by torches and mud stained the cobble pavement, and as the sun rose, and lit up the darken alleys it began to remove the veil of darkness in which numerous bystanders stood and waited, The royal palace situated in the middle of the kingdom and in the distant the church of the Merciful Gods ranged out, reverberating across the kingdom, echoes of it as it moves back and fourth urging the citizens of the Kingdom to go to the Town square. as the sun moves higher and as the twin moons dissipate from the morning sky. The royal palace opened its gates, as the King Volmaere wearing his charismatic smile, and his confidence met the peoples eyes as they all kneel and bowing their heads before him. The king paused for a moment as his adviser spoke "all rise."
The crowd followed suite, the King looked at the crowd, as he begin to speak
"Hear me my citizens, we are about to face another calamity, which threatens our kingdom our way of life and our way of living, this calamity is brewing...in the forest of the shrouded forest." The murmur's and chatters began to to gain volume however the Pope of the church raised his voice as he spoke "The king is right another calamity yes, this seems an impossibility, but we have sent caretakers along side with the kings royal guards, gold ranked adventurers, and casters to tame and supervise the the forest, however" the king cut the pope of and continued "However the 500 men we sent only 1 returned....this....this calamity..." the king began to have sweat dripping down his forehead as his eyes began to divert from the citizen, he then coughed and continued "the calamity this time will become the kingdom breaker. we know who was the one who conjured the this calamity..." the king paused and as gasp and murmurs began to spread this time the volume was deafening. the King raised his hand gesturing the crowd to be silent and to listen to him "this is isn't the first time our kingdom has faced this existential threat, we will drive the old Gods as we have driven them from ancient times, we shall face them head on. I as king will ask you the people of the kingdom, to..." the voice began to rang out "get me out of here let me go!" 5 heavily equipped guards dragged an old fragile woman, her shirt is dirty if you can call it that was torn her left breast was flailing out, her broken nose and, her hair covered in dirt and blood, her face wounded and swell, the guards viciously dragged her the in pedestal and and made her kneel, her collar was tight and blood began to drip out of her neck and collar, the woman was the old hero...the king continued "I ask you dear citizens to judge this woman! as she purposely summoned the Old Gods" as the words sunk in the crowds psyche, the crowed began, to turn against her, vicious words were thrown, rocks and sticks were thrown at the woman. The kind raised his hand to quell the fiery anger in which the crowd harbored, and spoke "what say you the mage of the venerable Heroes party to summon the Old Gods children and tear this kingdom apart?!" the words of the king was full of displeasure and hatred it was like his words echoes that of the peoples anger towards the woman.
The woman spoke "I Tiana M. Magislate the mage and the healer of the heroes party, did not summon those Old Gods." Silence the Pope answered in anger and spoke "You have lived in the shrouded forest, you have wrought this upon us with your scheming and sly words, you are the witch of the apocalypse!" The crowd began to chant "kill the witch."
Tiana shouted with all of her might trying to defend herself with such accusation. The king spoken "It is not you who will decide that witch!" he continued "you will face the wrath of the kingdom what you have done to us, you have brought this calamity upon our prosperous and peaceful kingdom!" Tiana eager to defend herself once again spoke in her defense "I am not responsible for this tragedy!" as Tiana began to deny the angrier the crowd became, the women hugged their children, men began to take up arms a riot was about to break out Tiana looked at the king as he observed the his citizens...a glimpse of smile appeared when Tiana blinked the smile was gone as if it wasn't there in the first place. crowd grew angrier and angrier. the king quelled the citizen anger
"Hear me once more my citizens, I the king have found another hero that will defeat these monstrosities that this Witch conceived in this world..."
The Hero covered in robe masking his face and his stature, removed it, the crowd began to be struck in awe, The hero represented their hope, their dreams and The future, the king spoke "this is Alman of Grimhilga he is the hero who rose in the academy and rose above everyone in the adventurers guild, the hero by your king and blessed by the pope- for us to move forward let this day be the beginning of his journey! - the hero must remove this blot in our kingdom!" The hero moved towards Tiana, the king spoke again "What is your last words witch?" Tiana thought "hero...what a nonsensical word...." Tiana bowed down and readying her neck as she has given up rationalizing this kingdom Tiana thought "well ill finally meet my comrades I guess I cant let them wait forever" Tiana spoke "Hero...you have yet to understand the implications and the weight of that title that has been bestowed on you...."she looked at the eyes of the Hero as The hero raised his sabre ready to behead her, she continues "its both a blessing and a curse, you will inherit the curse of this world...." she closed her eyes, she felt a shard tingling on the back of her head, her body became slump and blood gushed out of her neck's stump and her head was raised among the crowd as the crowds cheered her final thoughts "I pity you people, but that is no longer my concern, my suffering and my pain is finally over, you people exist as nothing but a cattle in the slaughter house." as Tiana's consciousness began to disappear she saw her old comrades the people that waited for her for along time, she began to chase them as white vignettes began to take over her vision. that day the Hero's final member left the world his final legacy in safe guarding the kingdom has left. all over the kingdom her name her statues her books were all burned, the people that knew her were either killed or tortured, her body and her head were burned along with her head were burned.