Lysaria stood in front of the Knight-Captain, unflinching. She met the captain's gaze without hesitation.
"Senior, I am Lysaria. A Vestal of the Inner Flame, from the Church of Light of the Korvan Kingdom."
The captain's expression softened slightly. A Vestal was not someone she could dismiss out of hand. "A Vestal? What is a servant of the Light doing in this backwater, consorting with dark mages and peasants?"
"I am here," Lysaria said, her voice ringing with conviction, "because this 'peasant' has done more for the Light than any man I have ever known."
She pointed a hand back at Riku. "He is Riku. That is the man who single-handedly exposed the corruption of Vestarch Elian in Vintross. This is the man who saved the city of Luxia from the Crimson Creep. This is the man whose Lifewell Project has been given the full blessing and funding of King Harius himself to end the famine."
