Victorious advance

[Anastasia]

"No." A shake of his head, "All I remember is the darkest parts, the hateful parts."

[Ebiris]

"Not from before, though?" Marie asks him. That had been more of a prod and a bit of gentle encouragement, of course she doesn't expect that evils of the world to have given him anything like that. "Your life before you were cursed like that?"

[Anastasia]

"I remember," he says, simply. "I remember. Queen help me, I remember."

[Ebiris]

"Would you like to go to Arborea?" Marie asks kindly. "Queen Morwel thinks well of us. We can take you to the Court of Stars if you feel you need her presence or word to redeem yourself. I don't know what you've done while you laboured under that curse, but we believe it's never to late to change and do better. Antenora herself was once a servant of Hell."

[Anastasia]

Antenora comes forth, standing next to him. Even like this he looms over her kneeling, and she offers a hand. "There's a place for you there, a place for you here." The two are silent, locked eyes and perhaps communicating with telepathy. The titan hangs his head, "So much, so many...and it was my fault."

"Then make your atonement your fault as well," Antenora agrees, reaching out and taking his hand in her own, her own dwarfed by his. "I can't force you to do it, no one can, but I can be here for you."

[Ebiris]

"The point is not to give up, to keep faith that you can do better, that you can make things better," Marie floats closer after Antenora. "I saw your pain on the battlefield, and I hoped that I could make it better, give you a chance to be more than just a mindless weapon of terror."

[Anastasia]

Gimme Diplo here, Marie. Antenora will roll as well, you said the right things in the right ways.

[Ebiris]

[17:28] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+51 Marie diplo
[17:28] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 63 > [d20=12]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+50
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 70 > [d20=20]

That's thematic.

Mazel reaches out and takes Antenora's hand, head bowed. He says nothing, but your keen ears pick up the softest noise, of tears splashing on the black sands below.

[Ebiris]

Poor guy's been through a lot. "Things are going to get better, Mazel. That's a promise," she says.

[Anastasia]

"There's much to be done - and first is rest. You've been through unthinkable hardships and seen the face of nightmares," Antenora says, "A rest is first, then we'll begin the rest that lies ahead. All will be easier once you have had time to rest in body, mind and spirit."

"Alright," Mazel says, "Guide me, my ladies, for I am lost."

[Ebiris]

"Lets take you somewhere to rest then," Marie says. "This is nice as caves go but it's still a cave. Antenora do you have a nice spot on your mountain?"

[Anastasia]

"I do," Antenora agrees and...

Okay, this will largely sort itself out in a moment. I'm going to do loot over the weekend, just heads up.

"Alicia." It's late at night, Alicia going over everything and preparing for the coming day's continued demon purges. Latha's voice as she enters after a moment, "Am I able to get away for an afternoon?"

[Ebiris]

"We can spare you," Alicia looks up from a scroll listing off everyone who earned commendations during the battle. "Although you should take someone else along for safety. Where are you going?"

[Anastasia]

"I wish to meet the last group of our chosen and move towards that," Latha says.