Role

Chapter 13

Zanzar knew he had failed when the Lord Rillan and Destuvius confronted him in
the throne room. He could not deny his fate, it was true that he could not
find a suitable shadow worth taking a seat on his Council. It burned when the
dark lord Destuvius cursed his eyes, but Zanzar held strong and shed no tears.
It was a penalty, if there are to be risks and rewards, there must be equal
gifts and punishments for success and failure. The Emperor was not exempt from
the expectations of the Lords of the Empire, and while Zanzar is disappointed
he failed his lord after all his rising, he is determined to stay the course
and continue his path to bring the Empire to glory and in a better state than
it was most of his life. He would focus his full attention on the shadow sect.
It would be dangerous taking his eyes off the rest of the council to give it
his utmost attention, but fortune favors the bold, and Zanzar feels another
failure will cost him everything. He would fill his council, he would have a
working Empire, and the march would continue. He had grown wise and patient in
his old age, and his desire to please the lord Rillan and prove himself worthy
of his chosen had never been stronger.