• FORT SANDRINGHAM – FOUR DAYS LATER
"GRIEF AIN'T A NEW THING in our Empire. I know what it is to be wounded, deprived, and to mourn. And so do all of you. People of Titans Landing and the river cities, the Freelands, the border realms, and the islands of Corynthia, hear me! You are not alone in this grief. I mirror your agony in my heart, more than any Empath could muster. These days, our world seems to be crashing and burning every time we blink. But, trust, that to grieve alone would be the true bath of despondency. I, your Empress, am with you." Ravenna de Vries stood on the brass pinnacle of Halen's Tower as she addressed the multitudes.
