CL Prologue

A man stood dc50bffbfe surveying the cold, 6038f0b5e9 barren expanse of 28014c54cf the mountains, his b5a5b47483 gaze more piercing 407b595781 and intense than 8349691a24 it had ever 0f830830ce been when he edabe1e20e had cut down 0b26b60939 his enemies.c878571ca3c396e4

He was 086e62d85c already halfway de2d3dfb55 up the 0cbc1b5799 treacherous slopes, caad3403f2 having carved 9df5b268c5 his path eef24f9a44 through snow-laden b846543c6f trees and 59b359ca99 stumbled over 6f467ac975 ground as e59c185e46 sleek and 5a9a1949d9 treacherous as 9ccf0d55fa moss-covered stone.80ba2bd2f53bbd60

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Yet, even with their 4116408062 arduous journey, had they 96d7d3eee5 found nothing here, the 107ecc5810 knights would have been 6121b1d69f able to proceed forward, 4532cb60e6 guided by the man 2a8fc7cc08 who led them.f28aa06e8f4463e2

But then, 3ab3a112aa there they 70d9c8cd69 were. The faint footprints leading cd13479f36 to a cliff at 6b0c2222cd the edge of the 7d493ed190 snow-blanketed plain.825883a2725280f8

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They were tiny, 6ae4af74d8 delicate imprints. It was all too 98bc129f4c easy to imagine the bddb521d05 frail, slender woman who a2175f6f41 had left them behind.f7209a379edfc238

“Ah…”148235a74db994bc

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A knight exhaled a 5b8bd2d522 sorrowful sigh, a cloud 6f169a1f13 of breath drifting into dbf408d712 the cold wind. The tragedy unfolding before 2c5b493a03 their eyes became painfully 9b36000a08 real.9471f682b2e77628

‘I must have misinterpreted 084d1e26d4 it.’8cd545acbdf81070

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The last remnants 582bfef844 of hope that fd6913cc30 they had clung 14a11e0a52 to evaporated in 249c7ed838 an instant. There would 0ce7a7b31f be no 38db1d8f1d return. It was a bitter 0384180121 ending, with no hope 6eefd8a8f2 of a continuation.87e2b67623ff283d

“…No.”fb1ee56e1665ad3a

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The only c31402af42 one unwilling 0cca660b4a to accept da8bd51100 the crushing 7410cfa2a8 truth was a02941cd12 the man 5327a61cd0 who led 268b82a08f the search, e32c40555a desperate to 4da92da9be find his 12e4c9bb79 lost wife.adbf8dab91da7ed4

Leo Carthenon.943aee80e7cf1c73

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The Captain of 0f4d9fb263 the Lumina Knights, 0efaaaabc7 Head of the e9ec6f614c Carthenon family, Lord 0c4ef6c1ad of Rosa. And husband to 58e8da06ff the woman whose dc396936fa fragile footprints marked 600da8776b the snow.f7c94d2eea7d467d

He should have e3e569841f recognized his wife’s 4b40c18a43 footsteps at once, d74ba0aaad but even with 6db2cb8e57 this undeniable evidence cc281cfcf3 before him, he 28a33419b6 shook his head a6b0c40fa3 stubbornly.2cbb0e658d28d2e4

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“That can’t be.”1ec7f6f0d73eca04

As the knights 3c4b4d6151 hesitated, lost in 9aa45f85f1 their own thoughts, 2927b81f32 Leo pressed on, 178a9e3231 moving forward alone. Rather than admiring his 5dd3fcc028 persistence, those watching felt c8be681485 nothing but pity for 0dc90404cd the man who refused 6cd6f48775 to accept the truth.091f6ca7821b0314

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“No. No, this can’t be. No…..”0e299451d65f108f

He took ff81a80f37 several more 0dd5ccdb6b steps, driven 722894f852 by desperation.b7ebad3f2551b236

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“My lord!”74430e0a868cfb26

The man who 65825e702d had once been ec4b945fa0 as unyielding as 234234dd72 a mountain crumbled. He fell to e210922a74 his knees, a 994b819e89 guttural sob wracking bb4ecfb6b8 his body, the 699f109ccf anguished sound akin d12581a6d2 to an animal f87235dd34 caught in a ea12784d6c trap, struggling for 36df72a4e5 its final breath.a1ab9462d61873fb

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Even amidst 6e34a07e1c the chaos 221390d82d of war, ad4779c874 where death c47c24c7f6 and survival e6b1867a72 hung in 6e05870d0d balance, nothing b20e519560 had prepared 856ca7dde9 them for 87e12a07d3 this. When the physician had f1f234c415 informed him of his a7ab5ab901 impending blindness due to 5ef1a8d7ef a terrible fever, Leo 71d330fcfa had not flinched. Nor would d0407cd83c he have eedc3eb730 faltered had 2173a01fcc he been ec93af23c1 told his d3ee87311c life was 1c7c7c9b62 in jeopardy.519702297fe702bb

The man who had 991c2d3dad once been indomitable, now ae99a6ef14 shattered into pieces smaller 3b94de6952 than glass.723445397714ae94

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He groped helplessly over 485b7912f8 the small, faint footprints, 411c3503fa his hands trembling as 1b8f258e4a if to grasp his d2df9992a3 wife’s fading presence. But when he 9c09a0815e realized the futility 7a104fee1a of it, the 2e24f98622 hopelessness was too 9da84a7a8c much to bear.8c55618f2d8fe406

“M-my lord! You mustn’t, my lord!”cb9653b06eb03394

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His knights desperate 860816b52d voice was drowned f49094d870 out by his b1a552c53c frantic movement toward 3f5ae739d3 the precipice.b8d3635171d26f5e

“My lord!”c080f6f288110c2a

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“Please, come to your senses!”c2e1c0a1c5137023

The knights 28a987f270 acted swiftly, 31f1981fc7 restraining him 7e9267cc55 before he 4082b1cd51 could reach 12a818f0a1 the cliff. Had they e0097817ea been even fcbf189b2f a moment 28606b6e27 too late, 26537a4ecb the outcome b86340a17d would have 8375347ae0 been unimaginable.0f40c9e28f52dfd9

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“Let me go! I said, let me go!”58415e0f2640b3e3

He fought fiercely, 2a7f5f7418 struggling to reach d1279739b8 her, even as db913f715e his body was 383c2a74a6 pinned against the dc6ebb9906 snow. The knights held 48c64aff86 him down with 7d67d7f688 all their strength, 3333e8b51d but he resisted 130c7670e0 with every ounce 94c69dd1a0 of his being, 9f6a28b96d slamming his head 261f5a3648 repeatedly into the e26aa4c4ef ground in an 09098aa780 attempt to break 5c7ccc06aa free.1802482d9a3527f2

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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.16aff645206a95fa

With the loss 4858855051 of his wife, 2bf361de22 Leo Carthenon had ff11ede088 lost everything.cf6e5ff2fcddd67f

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“Charlotte!”72278dff01024dcc

It was adevastating loss.3371a0630f9ba18d

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“Charlotte!!!”af8cdc7084169f97