The home of goldenfire (Afina, Jaela, Surraruthru)

[Iron Dragoon]

"Oh, this is going to be pleasant." Surraruthru sits down on his haunches to wait this out.

[Ebiris]

"I believe this is my stop," Afina says, fluttering over Jaela and Kascha's heads before descending to open the door.

[Anastasia]

The door opens and Afina is there.

"Goldenfire is a great responsibility. Prove to me you have learned from the past encounters and tell me how you will use it."

[Ebiris]

"Past encounters with goldenfire specifically?" Afina asks to clarify.

Getting cut in half that one time certainly was educational.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru holds his tongue, though he believes he's figured out the point of these trials already.

[Anastasia]

"No, from the past doors," Afina says, fluttering around the real Afina. Almost like stalking her.

[Ebiris]

Does she look like that to other people? She hopes not.

"I don't have any great revelation to offer, they're simple tests of character that are fairly rote to us by now, and easily gamed by those with any understanding of how these things go," she replies, keeping track of her doppelganger with blindsense rather than her eyes as she's circled. "Know your limits, don't be blind to your flaws, be willing to show mercy. That last one though, it's not a thing I'm willing to countenance when it comes to the despoilers of my home. Also it doesn't quite mesh with the other two which focus more around self-reflection, so perhaps I'm missing something."

[Anastasia]

"The need for grace and forgiveness must come from within," Afina says, "You have to ask for them, even though they are freely given to those who reflect and repent."

Afina then flies to stand before all of you, "You're right, you know all of these. You've proven yourselves many times. The final question is your duty with goldenfire and how to use it wisely. I am satisfied, come further below." Afina is then gone.

[Ebiris]

"Do I look like that when I'm flying around normally?" Afina feels compelled to ask the others as her somewhat predatory double vanishes.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru simply smirks at Afina before striding ahead.

[Corwin]

"Not to me. You have a much greater presence," Jaela responds. "You do more with your clothing, too."

[Anastasia]

"No, unless you're really trying to kill someone but can't close in, and that's rare," Kascha says as you proceed on, another portal ahead.

[Corwin]

Jaela keeps a careful watch over Kascha as she heads through the portal.

[Ebiris]

"Okay, I'm glad," Afina says, reassured in her appeal as she flies to and through the portal.

[Anastasia]

You step through the portal and into a large, carved chamber. On a raised dais, decorated with whirls and engravings, sits a large brazier. Goldenfire rises from it, a steady blaze.

The ends of the chamber are indistinct, blurry. You can't see anything past them, just blur.