CL Prologue

A man stood surveying cd675bac67 the cold, barren expanse 63cd5d84a7 of the mountains, his bc50d5da23 gaze more piercing and 1064ec8655 intense than it had f61cfa4594 ever been when he 8c95f456d4 had cut down his ebaebbf4cc enemies.7187b8a21f80469f

He was already halfway 1be790500b up the treacherous slopes, dd530b80f1 having carved his path 54831d71f8 through snow-laden trees and b62e2b7d7c stumbled over ground as 3268a07ee0 sleek and treacherous as 5586ec8896 moss-covered stone.1596df8f6eed43bf

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Yet, even with f26a382f26 their arduous journey, 79b73f3ed3 had they found 8d69a18530 nothing here, the 9a9005366d knights would have 3f55fa7e59 been able to 5dba496191 proceed forward, guided 2065c76f02 by the man 2b58d66d27 who led them.8f43caf02b01d2da

But then, there bd157a0095 they were. The faint footprints df17855a9e leading to a 63aad8c88a cliff at the 86261986e2 edge of the efc1591b41 snow-blanketed plain.8fcd9d3a1b0bb9ae

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They were 579a45a331 tiny, delicate 9a498d7632 imprints. It was all too bf6ba41cf8 easy to imagine the caccf9e17a frail, slender woman who 064edea095 had left them behind.8c592ab34b506dde

“Ah…”1898cd7567a24122

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A knight af6537fe52 exhaled a 70b5b2b5fc sorrowful sigh, 3c38715602 a cloud d2a5b1c8db of breath 303163534e drifting into f357c733e3 the cold 3120d823b0 wind. The tragedy unfolding 696b6d7880 before their eyes 94462a8b30 became painfully real.cbc573d88ad48833

‘I must have 904bae25c3 misinterpreted it.’b2eafcc10ab7ca25

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The last 329ef7e7b0 remnants of 32be9091f2 hope that bb3bdd55df they had 63ef302af4 clung to 824e417a06 evaporated in 717f05c0fc an instant. There would be no ff5508eb72 return. It was a e0829d9f4b bitter ending, with 05e4ef72be no hope of ff90b75cc0 a continuation.ce5beb3004db8b1d

“…No.”b2474326bb15c06a

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The only one unwilling bd53fe6607 to accept the crushing 9d6cec5472 truth was the man ef586fc51f who led the search, 93d95f8eb6 desperate to find his d46aeab532 lost wife.992791ada8b1fe3f

Leo Carthenon.3c6b0f482b39a8b8

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The Captain of 1bc8694aae the Lumina Knights, 481345a9ac Head of the 000512290f Carthenon family, Lord ba3fff640f of Rosa. And husband 7d8bbf6fd5 to the ec3768a7b2 woman whose 7f65bb89bb fragile footprints 6f460e8cc7 marked the f05829810f snow.2964aa6c0523e447

He should 28cf9ecbdd have recognized db5f42a670 his wife’s 7a6e4e5ebe footsteps at 96f06ce786 once, but ffdf036feb even with 9ceaac7fa4 this undeniable b2841efe1e evidence before be89c342fe him, he e91f46f3c8 shook his a9960e931d head stubbornly.960d11d699ba9d32

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“That can’t be.”0e09d0fd156f32db

As the 65a08378c8 knights hesitated, 56d8ae3fc2 lost in 57060bf1fb their own e62a1997f6 thoughts, Leo d4e6bb2dad pressed on, d6b88478df moving forward 934dac0c25 alone. Rather than 9f74974234 admiring his 68cf748cc6 persistence, those 6551a9339c watching felt f152f5ee9c nothing but 524298e0a6 pity for 35d39d370c the man c3fb71f27c who refused 92f610ef76 to accept 3f1f5dcbbe the truth.2f86d02c2ab017f8

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“No. No, this can’t f4a1f23bcf be. No…..”18105f3e2fd68c8a

He took 4afbbd42e0 several more a598e25d5c steps, driven f11770c3e4 by desperation.f913c4db59046d6d

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“My lord!”b23dc5e585209796

The man who 7e155afb00 had once been a8730097ca as unyielding as f2327953d1 a mountain crumbled. He fell a6fd11dbab to his adfeebcb81 knees, a 7ea309492c guttural sob 8eb4be55d5 wracking his 8db666ee0f body, the 30a5be0e25 anguished sound bfa974be29 akin to 6972f37705 an animal bcd5806590 caught in 684c6856bf a trap, 4fc7cbc76e struggling for eb6240488c its final 06539ab6a0 breath.805fe9e7de3b046e

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Even amidst the chaos 0470380cfd of war, where death d40e4c6856 and survival hung in f19b405ad2 balance, nothing had prepared e5caa82bdd them for this. When the physician 250b513752 had informed him c081a45da7 of his impending 509d9cafa7 blindness due to e821df6842 a terrible fever, f0bda558f8 Leo had not 41b12d29c0 flinched. Nor would b0b1acd0ab he have 7856d67984 faltered had e82647b89f he been dc457622e5 told his 44dfe40a8c life was 3a016e5606 in jeopardy.696778783344ca5e

The man who 7f0dbfbc47 had once been 5ed469563c indomitable, now shattered cde9561675 into pieces smaller e128debb57 than glass.e84abdc47362df1e

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He groped helplessly 075f149697 over the small, cd34e52794 faint footprints, his e4820bf9ae hands trembling as b80cce3361 if to grasp da11f396de his wife’s fading 09a710ec28 presence. But when c54119668a he realized a484113850 the futility c64ecec463 of it, dddf8d5bef the hopelessness 4c70f187b5 was too 79e4413d5b much to 8664cc6914 bear.f3691e58c3f6b39a

“M-my lord! You mustn’t, my lord!”5a7bfc13eb86ddbd

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His knights desperate d2254ff740 voice was drowned 66303429cd out by his c802133c32 frantic movement toward a9119f140f the precipice.10a1055c434e5009

“My lord!”78af11be05deb892

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“Please, come to your senses!”98c56737cf1e49e7

The knights acted swiftly, fd70163afb restraining him before he 71633d92af could reach the cliff. Had they 48ea1dac50 been even 686a30648b a moment 61979f9547 too late, fc443f18a5 the outcome 33efedc2f2 would have 84dcf5dfbb been unimaginable.699fc408443222d2

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“Let me go! I said, let me go!”a20e38bc19985204

He fought fiercely, 12ea6f56c0 struggling to reach 57023d1968 her, even as 75924bd52e his body was b26b774188 pinned against the 8a80cc7186 snow. The knights held 5bb5a7225f him down with e3ac69e654 all their strength, f492fbd441 but he resisted 62ea118a12 with every ounce 92ea1b5d93 of his being, 85d52f8599 slamming his head 25c8bd2a75 repeatedly into the a4ab3bda3f ground in an 4f38d2c6ac attempt to break 64a18118af free.08542b68dd43c1fe

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There was no longer any trace of the man who had once commanded the kingdom’s strongest order of knights, who had led a prestigious family, and ruled vast territories.7fcade347bf89476

With the loss b3a1678827 of his wife, 3dec6e3196 Leo Carthenon had 8ea8527646 lost everything.239b21f475fd0ae5

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“Charlotte!”ff289003c890c444

It was adevastating loss.a6a6b420c5d7c7b7

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“Charlotte!!!”b636442bd85a9d84