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A group of units is approaching Fort Alhambra. The units look very familiar - it's the Knights of the Guiding Hand, but for once they are not aggressive.
"My name is Nathaniel de Sayard. Stay your weapons Unity Group, I come in peace!"
"Zieg is overcome by madness. His actions are no better than the monsters' we are supposed to fight - and yet knowing it, the greats Seraphina and Percival do nothing. I won't do nothing. If this is the path the Knights of Guiding Hand are going to trek, then I want none to do with it."
"Zieg has the boy, Volya Alkaev, in his hands. Yet he did not release the hostages, they are still kept captive to ensure his compliance. Volya is going to be executed, a grand show that's supposed to be our hour of triumph. This will be your chance."
Not waiting for any prompts, de Sayard begins a transmission of data to a Unity Group info line.
"Our stronghold's location, best paths for approach... I am giving you it all, and more. I swear on my honor it is all accurate, and satellite recon and similar means should confirm it. The execution will happen very soon, but that will be the time Zieg grows most prideful - and pride comes before a fall. At the same time, me and a few you see here - men and women still loyal to me, will strike hard to free the hostages. My betrayal was not discovered yet, so an underhanded attack should be successful."
"I beg of you. Stop this madness."
"My name is Nathaniel de Sayard. Stay your weapons Unity Group, I come in peace!"
"Zieg is overcome by madness. His actions are no better than the monsters' we are supposed to fight - and yet knowing it, the greats Seraphina and Percival do nothing. I won't do nothing. If this is the path the Knights of Guiding Hand are going to trek, then I want none to do with it."
"Zieg has the boy, Volya Alkaev, in his hands. Yet he did not release the hostages, they are still kept captive to ensure his compliance. Volya is going to be executed, a grand show that's supposed to be our hour of triumph. This will be your chance."
Not waiting for any prompts, de Sayard begins a transmission of data to a Unity Group info line.
"Our stronghold's location, best paths for approach... I am giving you it all, and more. I swear on my honor it is all accurate, and satellite recon and similar means should confirm it. The execution will happen very soon, but that will be the time Zieg grows most prideful - and pride comes before a fall. At the same time, me and a few you see here - men and women still loyal to me, will strike hard to free the hostages. My betrayal was not discovered yet, so an underhanded attack should be successful."
"I beg of you. Stop this madness."
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All of you, thank you for being as a knight should be. Nowadays, too many have forgotten that.
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"It may be not easy to believe considering our relationship, but the Knights really were an agents of good. We fought the wicked and helped undo injustice many times..."
"It all became more complicated when the prophecy regarding Volya appeared."
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We'll see to it to save the Knights from their own worst, I promise you that.
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"... Yes."
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She meets Nathaniels' eyes. "My big question is...why a fancy execution? Not that I can stomach the thought...but if Zieg wants Volya dead, why doesn't he simply strangle Volya?"
"Hell," she continues, her mind racing, "why not simply hire an assassin to snipe him from a block away, if killing him is what matters...unless it's not?'
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"The knights wouldn't deal with assassins. We still have our code of conduct..."
"Still, you are correct. This is not a pragmatic course of action. I assume it's what the prophecy of the tapestry requires."
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Dido chews her lip. "But why would killing him in a public ceremony save the world where a sniper bullet wouldn't? That's not an execution, it's more like a..."
Her voice trails off. "...sacrifice." She exhales. "Oh no."
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...Where's Percy in all this?
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"Sir Percival... remained distant and silent in all of this. He must understand the injustice of this act, even his own son used as a hostage! And yet he stands aside, giving permission through his own inaction."
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"I pray you are right... though if it's true, then he is now in the serpent's nest."
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I do not know what reason, beyond desperation, caused the Knights of Guiding Hand to descend to such madness. But we shall stop this descent.
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"Desperation would not cause us to stoop down so low. It shouldn't have..."