Role

Chapter 6

Serith picked up what was left of ______. The healer-priestess of Azorinne
held her as she screamed and sobbed. Serith whispered words of reassurance and
reminded her that she still had reasons to go on. Together, they built a small
shrine to Melirene and the others at the edge of the garden. Serith had met
______ after the injury and checked in on her weekly, sensing the deep pain
that went beyond a simple injury of the flesh.

Rather than let her languish at the Inn, Serith showed her the prayers of her
guild, urging her to simply try praying to the divine. "They're listening,
even if it feels like no one else is", Serith would always say. They spent two
years together, with ______ getting accepted into the guild just before Serith
was called to the southern gates to aid a group of Fortress members. Serith
belonged to no cabal, but the Maran had assumed that a healer would aid them.
Serith did so, but not before hugging ______ goodbye and making her promise
that she would practice her prayers.

The guildmistress woke ______ the next morning and a feeling of dread
ricocheted through her slight body, causing ______ to hyperventilate before
the older healer spoke. The news was as she had feared: Serith had died trying
to save one of the Maran. The Scions had gathered at the base of the Chasm and
routed the Fortress, causing them to flee before they could secure the
Scepter. Serith was left at the bottom of the Chasm, cursed and fighting three
nightwalkers. The Maran had tried to save her, but they weren't willing to die
for her - not like Serith had been willing to die for them.

Kytria wept for days and punched the walls until her knuckles were a mess of
torn flesh and blood. She refused to pray for aid and wallowed in her pain
instead, grieving Serith in the only way she knew how. After a month of agony,
she returned to her family home. The Healer's Guild reminded her of Serith...
and Serith reminded her of all the tragedy in her life.