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Bramamir
Zusammenkunft
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Original-Version: Rassemblement
Widerstand leisten
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Angriff auf Bramamir
We have left the pirates somewhere in the White Islands preparing a coup against the governor of the White Islands in Bramamir.
Time to fight has come.
Al Killicrew made her plans.
The Ugly Corc and the mages will try to make some diversion.
Al, Galene and Azalys will take the big assault on Bramamir defences.
Corc uses a illusory machine to make believe that all the Pirates fleet is with him and is able to have a good portion of the defence ship flying after him.
This leave the 3 main ships against Al, Galene and Azalys.
Al goes against two of them and try to separate from the Flag ship of governor army.
Galene attacks the Flag ship and uses all his mechanist stuff against the ship, including his masterpiece SARAH.
Azalys goes through all this mess and fly directly to the governor palace.
Strike team led by Bragan, Ardranis and Klemence jump into the palace.
They managed to arrive to the governor, ask for the resignation.
The governor is a puppet of the nehantists and he jump though a window instead of signing anything.
After his death, the prime minister sign the ceasefire.
Original-Version: Assaut sur Bramamir
Nehant
Die erste Kette sprengen
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Original-Version: Briser la première chaîne
Die zweite Kette sprengen
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Original-Version: Briser la deuxième chaîne
Die dritte Kette sprengen
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Original-Version: Briser la troisième chaîne
Drache
Nach dem Gewitter, vor dem Sturm
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Original-Version: Après l’orage, avant la tempête
Opfer
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Reue
Ardrakar is back to her old allegiance : Dragon and the Envoy of Noz'Dingard. Probably she will recover her place as Dragon's Knight.
She had married Kounok the prophet.
And the card described her journey with her new husband to a craftsman who will succeed to remove her Nehant's stone-heart to cut the link between her and Nehant.
Die Kehrseite der Medaille
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Original-Version: L'Envers du décor
Baum-Welt
Gefahr im Verzug
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Original-Version: Péril en notre demeure
Unerwartete Hilfe
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Original-Version: Aide impromptue
Geister des Winters
Before the arrival of Sol'ra avatar, Eikytan and The Sachem go to the deep forest to find the Winter's Spirits.
Bad luck pilferess has stolen the ritual stones that Eikytan needs to awake the spirits.
They track down Pilferess, force her to give her back the stones and awake the spirits.
Original-Version: Esprits de l'hiver
Keizans Wahl
The Sap Heart cure their wounded after the Icy Elves help them to extinguish the fire of the forest and stop the Nomads attack.
Ydiane, Spiritspeaker and Ursyd are amongst the wounded.
Suddenly, a new Hom'Chaï appears : Keep-the-totems arrives to claim the spirit of a heavily wounded and close to die Sap Heart warrior.
All people are afraid to hear the name of the chosen.
Keep-the-totems names Red-Mark.
They all seek for him around, he is not there. Ydiane doesn't want that his mate dies, she tries to find him.
They finally find him agonizing.
Keep-the-totems is able to put his last breath in an Amber totem. The vital spirit of Red-Mark is kept for ever.
Kei'zan is disturbed by this new death in the Sap Heart lines. After his adopted girl the Claw, this new death put him to a definitive decision.
He goes to the Ulmus mount, place of the World Tree before he exploded.
There, all the Daïs gather. They are about twenty Daïs there. All the living Daïs are here to hear and see what Kei'zan will do.
Kei'zan speaks about old time when World Tree was the father of all the Daïs, when the Tree gives birth to new Daïs.
He speaks about the tries made to revive the Tree.
He speaks about Quercus, the first of all Daïs who chooses to become a tree, but a tree that bears no fruits.
He takes the last known seed of the World Tree and concentrates all his magical powers to make it grow.
When the seed leaves place to a small plant, he merges with the tree to make sure that the Tree will revive.
Kei'zan is the new World Tree, all the Daïs should take care of this new Tree to ensure that there will be a new generation of Daïs.
Eykitan, the Daïs of the winter, closes the meeting of the Daïs with theses words: "Spring is coming".
Original-Version: Le choix de Kei'zan
Artrezil
Freigelassen
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Alyce
The Guild Council asks for the help of Zil warriors.
All the guild will help the Noz against the Nehantists.
Kriss and Salem separate from the rest due to a disturbance in the Shadow magic. And Salem is formed by Magic : he is the shadow of Zil created by Artrezil the Archmage.
They try to find a secret manor. This manor should be an Artrezil work place and they could find some logs to give clues about Salem's disease.
They found the manor and a girl named Alicia with strange powers.
But no clues on Salem's condition.
Artrezils Erbe
Kriss talks.
He explains why he leaves the Warrior of Zil with Salem to try to save Salem. He explains how they meet Alyce.
He relates how Alyce has eaten Salem, Zil shadow in fact, to try to keep him in the world of Guem.
The Shadow of Zil is able to communicate through the body of Alyce and they go to the manor of Artrezil, headquarters of the warrior when Winter is coming and the road are too cold.
In the manor, Alyce, guided b the shadow of Zil, performs a ritual and allows them to go to an hidden room.
In this room, they find Artrezil, or his shadow, or his spirit or something else but the Artrezil's thing is able to recreate Salem with all the shadow of Zil thrown up by Alyce.
I remember to all that Artrezil is dead from ages and Zil is an enchantment created by Artrezil and incarnated in the scarecrow Salem.
Original-Version: L'héritage d'Artrezil
Kaiserreich Xzia
Missfallen
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Original-Version: Mécontentement
Einen Karukai einfangen
An ageing Iro is prime minister and is fed up with complaints from peasants because of bad harvests. He cut the head off the peasant in the audience room.
A normal Iro awakes from his nightmare. He has nightmares for weeks now and his bad sleep shows itself in his behaviour.
He try to kill a fencing student instead of having a cool training fight.
Yu ling and Tsuro try to help him. Yu ling diagnoses a possession from a Karukaï.
The Karukaï is the spirit of an ancestor of Iro merged with an evil snake spirit twin.
Tsuro and Iro ask to Crows to open a door to the spirit level to fight the Karukaï.
Tadaaaa, Iro with Kusanagi can do a lot of things, especially if Tsuro gives him a little help by binding the Karukaï wink
Victory to Kotoba, Iro is freed from the evil spirit, but ...
The defeat was planned and the big plan is still on his perfectly working course.
Original-Version: Capturer un Karukaï
Das Geheimnis des Raben
Long time ago,
Daijin flew over the land that a day will become Xzia Empire as a Crow.
He managed to escape from the Spirit world and was able to fool Yachoukou the Karukaï Master of the Spirit Birds.
Daijin loves the Xziarite people for their faith in honour and when Xzia emerged, he took the appearance of an human and lives among them.
Then Xzia and Draconia go to war, Xzia Empire is about to loose. The stories about a powerful Crow arrived to the ears of Xzia. The Emperor wants to see this powerful ally and force him to go to war to help the Empire.
Daijin didn't want to help in a war.
Xzia helped by Tsoutai jail Daijin in a deep mine of irongray, metal known to block magical powers.
Daijin cursed the Emperor : He will be back and one day, the descendants of the Emperor will be on his knees before the descendants of Daijin.
Long time after, 15 year before the stone fall from the sky.
A poor miner Oykun works in a mine of irongray. He finds an old man blocked in the deep of the mine. He helps him to go out of the mine.
Daijin wants to have his revenge and announce to Oykun that his family will have a great future.
Oykun Kage presents to Daijin his three young sons : Karasu, Oogoe and Kotori.
Present time.
Kage family is powerful in Meragi, capital city of Xzia Empire.
Emperor gone on his knee before Daijin. Daijin is now an adviser of the Emperor.
But the frontier between Spirit world and Human world become weaker each day.
Daijin fears to be found by Yachoukou.
Kotori Kage is Tracker. He trains with Shui Khan when some dagger weapons like crow feather come to him.
Kotori and Shui khan wasn't able to find the launcher. No-one was hurt but Kotori wants an answer.
He finds his father and Daijin and shows the weapon.
Daijin knows what this mean.
He leaves and follows the path of the spirit that he felt.
He arrive to a Karukaï : Yachoukou finally finds his target.
He is actually not able to have power in the human world, but it seems that there will be the case in no time.
Original-Version: Le secret du Corbeau
Sol'ra
Bewährung
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Original-Version: Mise à l'épreuve
Götllicher Krieg
Metchaf and Vizir Mahamoud (father of Urakia) with all the immortals arrive to Kaes the place of Guild Council.
They have to plead their cause to the Council. They are facing breakup due to Iolmarek and Avatar actions.
Mahamoud and Metchaf succeeded to convince the Council to give them a chance to prove they have changed.
Mahamoud is named at the head of the new Desert Nomads.
They leave Kaes to try to fight the Avatar.
Flashback :
Stoneeater and Sol'ra avatar facing themselves in a time blocked area created by the Stoneeater just after the Avatar launch is big ray of light to kill all life on Guem.
They recognize themselves as avatar of Solar and Guem.
Stoneeater manages to keep the avatar in this blocked time capsule for some time and use her last strengths to block the ray of light and eventually dies in this successful attempt.
Come back to now :
All the immortals are ready for combat, he avatar is still immobile in his alternate timeline.
Bad luck Kehper finds them before they know.
Old Gods take possessions of the bodies of the immortals and the fight begin.
Urakia and Mahamoud against the Avatar
Kebek and Metchaf against Kehper.
Ultimately, Kebek and Metchaf with the help of the gods defeat Kehper.
The Avatar is about to be defeated, but he used some tricks from Cheksathet, one god whom energy Sol'ra was able to absorb. Sol'ra 1, immortals 0.
The immortals were transported some miles away.
The gods keep them alive.
They arrived just before Zahal with an heterogeneous army. (We do not real information of the composition of the army, note of the translator).
The Immortals go with Zahal back to combat....
Original-Version: Guerre divine
Die unsichtbare Welt
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Original-Version: Le monde invisible
Temporalis
In the future Doloreanne awakes in the temple of Tempus headquarters of the Tempus order.
Nothing is good. Time is frozen, everyone is in an alternate time with no correct evolution of the time.
She tries to revert the time to its correct course using the Temporalis, a machine invented by Tempus to control the time.
But alone she was not powerful enough to control the machine.
She is sent back in the past but could not correct the time anomalies.
Current time, Watchmaker and Apostle discusses about the disturbance they have feel in the Frame of Time. They know that other Tempus guys (the Annunciator, the Executioner, the Observer and the Jailer) track them. The disturbance in the Time is due to all Tempus guys coming in this time.
Apostle reveals to the Watchmaker his future (she is blind after she read the Big Books of Destiny, but she read a lot before becoming blind wink ).
He must help Tempus to construct the first Temporalis.
Meanwhile, Tempus is watching the Time fracture and begins to put some plans together to create a machine able to control the Frame of Time and close or open the Time Fracture.
Doloreanne is at the same point, but not the same time. She leaves her Time Staff for the future generation as a message of her presence.
Tempus ans all the Tempus gang gathers and explain a lot of the disturbance in the Frame of Time.
Watchmaker succeeds to convince Tempus to create the Temporalis and helps him to do that.
The Tempus guys make the Eternal to appear in order to go to the time and try to get all people at the correct time place.
They concentrate all their magical time power in the Temporalis.
The Eternal manages to get Doloreanne in the current time (she was stuck 1000 years before).
But the Temporalis explodes in the process and they are all blocked in the current time.
Das Ende eines Zeitalters
- The armies of the most incredible alliance are progressing to where the stone fell from heaven two years ago day by day. This is the beginning of a predicted end, inevitable. This end will break this world as ever. Solar War ends soon, are you ready to play your role Archmage Anryena ?
- What are you talking about, Apostle? asked the daughter of Dragon.
- You will know shortly.
- You are just coming to tell me that? I know the stories about you, you have read the Big Book and read my destiny. Why are you coming here in this case?
- I just tell you how it will happen ... or rather how the battle took place. You may wonder why we, the followers of Tempus we do not intervene to prevent the loss of people, but know that we can not do anything about it.
- Again you do not help me much, but I listen to you, tell me this battle ...
- Nothing predisposed Draconia's army to make an alliance with his worst enemy - Néhant - and his demons. However, with the help of the powerful magic of Guem, Ciramor heir of Eredan tricked the can't be fooled Néhant and he was forced to cohabitation. But that you already know. On their way Zahal, commander of Draconia's armies, met Mahamoud the Vizier and the Prince Metchaft who had to face Sol'ra without being able to defeat him ...
- A final battle? Unlikely alliance? Wondered Mahamoud surrounded by other nomads. We have come far and are not aware of this alliance.
- It's a long story but the demons that you see running in all directions with us, we army of Draconia.
Metchaf saw an opportunity to face again Sol'ra and this time win over him.
- Can we come with you? Asked the young prince.
- You say that have already faced him, you'll be precious in this battle. Welcome among us Desert Nomad.
Suddently a bright light, followed by a loud noise interrupted the discussion between the Nomads and the Dragon Knight. A massive explosion had occurred at the tomb of the ancestors. The earth shook creating panic in the Draconian's ranks.
- Hold the horses! Hold the horses! Zahal yelled.
- Sol'ra begins to destroy everything! Mahamoud affirmed.
- Do not be afraid, I will put an end to the presence of this pest, said a man surrounded by two big demons.
Nomads had a retching seeing this abject creature. They did not know him but the aura around him exuded an imprint of harmful magic and black as night.
- You can come from the moment you do not embarrass me, Nehant said, haughtily.
Nomads did not dare to answer this product of hatred and death, they just set off with the hope that finally the "Sol'ra problem" will be solved.
The ground trembled still, in a din of crashing rocks. The combined armies of Néhant, Dragon and the Nomads arrived on an overhang where everyone could see the place where many battles already took place. But there before humans, Guemelits and demons extended chaos! From Sol'ra shrouded in the center of the tomb of the ancestors, a ray of divine energy punctured land with ferocity. Nehant did not wait for the consent of his allies to launch the offensive. Brandishing a roaring Chalice, demon horde began in motion. Like a tidal wave the demons raced down slow slope leading to Sol'ra's Avatar. Those who did not feel tiredness could run long distances without flinching, like humans do. Nehant and his lieutenants walked slowly ready to finish the job once the demons would have weakened the enemy.
- It starts well! Said an unrestrained Aerouant always irritated by the presence of Nehantists.
- We do not command the demons Aerouant, keep that in mind, retorted Zahal that examined quickly the line formed by his troops. Let's be careful, let's see how our "allies" will come out against Sol'ra. Naya, stay back with your Sorcelames to compensate for the unexpected and respond quickly. The mages stay back, magical shields deployed. We know that the magic will not affect our enemy and I want to be able to maintain and at worst counter nehantists if they were to oppose us.
As Zahalgives the orders, the commanders of each order and each group organized their troops accordingly.
- Dragon Knights with me at the head of each regiment. Adrakar will you able to take command of men?
- Of course, she said, unsheathing Azur. I will not fail.
Zahal look at her with anxiety.
- If she betrays us we must kill her, you are aware, Valentine replied to Kounok and Zahal.
- I have more confidence in her than some of my own family, explained Kounok the Prophet looking towards Aerouant. Remember who she finally is, and who she was.
For their part the Nomads discussed the strategy to use. How to fight with their allies and making the most? Knowing that Nehant drove straightaway, they had to develop a plan.
- They will be swept like common bugs, objected Kebek.
- They do not know who they are dealing with, maybe we should protect them from the divine will of Sol'ra? Urakia questioned.
Mahamoud, who was holding his helmet with a lion's head under his arm, thought. He had lived several battles in the desert, but he had never seen an army against a single individual.
- The army of Draconia seems to wait, may be they already have a battle plan. The gods will not help the demons or the unbelievers, we can not rely solely on us. When an enemy is too strong to face perhaps should go around and hit while we are not seen. I know it is not very fair, but against Sol'ra all means are good. Implore the gods to help us reach our target. Mahamoud said taking Metchaf's shoulder. Keep the faith and punish Sol'ra for what he did and for what it does right now, added he, putting his helmet.
Sol'ra saw demons approaching him, countless, who ran screaming but he remained motionless, judging them incapable of disrupting in his work of destruction. He was wrong because some of them had the strength of dozens of men. Torment, galvanized by the presence of Nehant was the first to assail Sol'ra. The devil jumped on the Avatar to hit him with all his might. The blow was terrible, Sol'ra did not expect it and immediately stopped its concentration, leaving a gaping hole below him. Torment fell on its legs on the other side. At that time the other demons did the same, clinging to Sol'ra for scratching or biting. The reaction was swift. The Avatar emitted a bright light, burning the demons as surely as paper thrown into the fire. The howls of pain soon covered the warriors howls. Seeing this Nehant ordered a strategic withdrawal and then instantly he called Inferno.
- Go my little Inferno, go and help Torment.
The demon rushed at his target burning of desire to satisfy his master. Torment supported the assault on his fellow creature and the two demons quickly face the Avatar who displayed incredible powers. But they could not take over because in the daytime and before this shiny day the sun heat radiated the tomb of the ancestors. It was hot and the Avatar drew its power from Sol'ra. Inferno was the first to be destroyed, consumed by a sunbeam, then Torment who was smarter narrowly escaped the divine wrath. So, the Avatar flew, stopping out of reach of demons. Nehantists took over weaving a veil of darkness, trying to find the weak point of the opponent.
Now, Sol'ra thought the threat far much higher. The magic here was very different from the Draconians and he feared it. He wants to continue his work of destruction of this world, he must gain time. So he turned his thoughts to which he belonged, urging him to send reinforcements. The answer was not long, hundreds of luminous shapes materialized against the demons. Sol'ra exulted sure that nothing could overcome these Solarians in their purest form. Other Nomads were also there, came the same way as others. Djamena, the Sphinx, Ahlem, Kroub, Shrikan, Lodir Kararine and all were there to defend their god. Now with strong army, Sol'ra returned to his occupation thinking the Solarians able to ward off the demons. He folded his arms across his chest and again made a death ray, continuing to destroy a few more places.
Nehant let loose the demons of the creatures of light and the battle began. Zahal decided to intervene plunging Draconia's army into the fray. The goal was simple for Solarians : occupy the land, prevent anyone from approaching Sol'ra and get rid of as much Nehantists as they can. Djamena took the front and organized the defense, understanding quickly the situation. This time the battle was not a little skirmish. The demons were as numerous as the Solarians. Nehant opened many demonic portals, emptying the Meanders of its inhabitants. Despite this the Solarians surpassed Nehant creatures with ease. Amidaraxar and some other followers of Nehantism managed to defeat some of their opponents, but this did not go as planned ...
Zahal saw the situation going bad and ordered a charge. The Dragon Knights at the front of the line split in the ranks of Solarians, followed by the main human troops. But how to beat the enemy, set up solely with divine energy? Pilkim and Marzhin at the back of the fight just discussing about it. Alishk and Aerouant listened attentively. Aerouant raised an idea.
- The ritual of the Stone. We practiced this with Alishk to cut the link between the Nomads and Sol'ra. We can do it again and even if it will have no impact on this Avatar, it will affect the Solarians.
- This is a great idea! Pilkim judged. I studied this ritual, I think that I can tweak to give it a little more power. But before that, we must be certain of an existing link, and Nehantists are the best to discover links between entities.
- Leave them where they are, watch the show they just blow hot air, criticized Aerouant.
- I take care to prevent them, start the ritual, ordered the Master Mage Marzhin.
Nehant actually did not just bring up demons with a vengeance. He observed the Solarians and Sol'ra. Dimizar had created a hybrid creature Solarian / Demon through Nehant's splinter. He had to bribe the Solarians by changing their nature and relate them to him. At this point of his thought Marzhin approached him.
- Cir ... uh ... Nehant, we will try to cut the ties of Solarians, but we need to know how they are related and if they are linked to the avatar or directly to their god.
Nehant squinted keeping his face impassive. Yes it would help, even twice. He could corrupt Solarians easier if the links were broken. For the Master of Shadows and Ultimate Corruptor links had no secrets, he saw them naturally. Much of the Draconians were related to Dragon, the fine blue thread went towards Noz'Dingard. The demons were related to Néhant and black links, like many leashes held them to him. Then in the middle, the Solarians did not have the same links, but accounted for one with Sol'ra and fine white streaks ascended to heaven. Finally the Avatar was also in harmony, but the streak was far more important than others. Nehant described quickly the links to Marzhin who returned quickly to the others mages.
The melee escalated and many demons and humans were crushed by the divine powers of the Solarians. The battle was well underway and would soon take a turn even more incredible because the Avatar let out his anger towards the world. Lava escaped from the gaping hole, glowing and devastating. Then the floor fell apart at that point, a crack cut the tomb of the ancestors from east to west swallowing humans, demons and even Solarians. The lava sprinkled around with huge fatal geysers.
- Now! shouted Pilkim when they saw it. Father! The lava will devastate our ranks, do something!
Marzhin mastered fire magic to perfection, the lava was considered as the blood of Guem. So he went to hold up the lava to prevent it from reaching the Draconian's troops. A new stone ritual began, but this time the power was much higher than the previously realised. Pilkim held the StoneEater's stone-heart with both hands above his head, both sides Alishk and Aerouant rose into the air, making the incantation. Then once ready the two men moved their magic to Pilkim who felt invested with a power beyond measure. The Magic of Dragon mixed with the magic of Guem was then projected into the air, shearing the links between the Solarians and Sol'ra. Nehant is then recovering the black crystals of the demons and he began to stab solarians one by one. Each time the creature writhed in pain and fell to the ground.
The Avatar could not let him. The connection with Sol'ra had weakened but still they could destroy this unconscious who opposed him. He had to stop all this so he came down from where he was to race to Nehant.
- Perfect! Nehant shouted seeing that the Avatar was homing in on him.
The plan was going perfectly and the two behemoths with fabulous powers faced off ...
Nehant formerly had fought many mages and warriors. Even Archmage Artrezil was left high and dry in front of him. Only Eredan was able, at the cost of a dismal future, to enclose him. Not destroy him, but just put him in jail. Today it's Nehant's revenge. This was the eternal opposition between Solar / Sol 'ra and Guem, as an eternal cycle of the two gods from their hatred towards each other clashed once again. It was Magic against Theurgy. Néhant Sol'ra could not be stabbed with one of his splinter because he was surrounded by a protective barrier that was blocking his way. Also Nehant was counting on Chalice to pierce the shield. The blade pierced the protection surprising Sol'ra who threw theurgies everywhere and on everything. Nehant took the assaults not without difficulty, but he stood without failing. Again Chalice cut out the shield and did shatter ...
For the two superpowers, there was nothing around. Only had their fight. Sol'ra concentrated so that the sunlight destroy his opponent. But at that time Nehant discovered the flaw, because Sol'ra had made a mistake. If it was the Avatar of Sol'ra which faced Nehant, the god had no choice but to invest the body of a man! And despite the physical difference Nehant felt this parcel of Guem and therefore it could be corrupted. Nehant wrapped the Avatar with tentacles of shadows that clung to the Priest-King Ozymandias. Fixed the Avatar could do nothing more that invoking the power of Sol'ra struck again and again that a Nehant who resisted despite deep burns. But for the Avatar it was too late, the incarnation could not be maintained without human body, there was no more anchor to keep him in this world. Nehant seeped into the thinking of Ozymandias as Ciramor had done with him and took control. He cut the link between the man and the powerful Solarian. The divine energy escaped as white smoke, evaporating. Gradually Ozymandias under the will of Nehant expelled the incarnation. Become puppet in the hands of Nehant finally there remained only the human.
The Solarians invoked earlier in the battle disappeared the same way, unable to stay now that the Avatar was no more.
In the middle of the battlefield, the Dragon Knights had witnessed the defeat of Sol'ra.
- So it's over? Zahal asked who held the body of Valentin in his arms.
- No Zahal, if we eliminated a threat, another one remains as planned we'll have to do our best to eliminate it. Ring all and sundry, regroup the troops and destroy Nehant.
- But it seems impossible that we are no more than few.
- Then we will lose, but not without a fight, said Kounok squeezing the handle of Chimera covered with the blood of Djamena.
Original-Version: La fin d'une époque
