King Larels made a catastrophic error by bringing an army to a Terraformer fight, resulting in his swift defeat by a Castillion Shard and a rapid return to respawn via the mile-long express route.
While Hearthmire celebrated an unexpected victory, Exium grappled with the heavy toll of the battle, including the irreplaceable loss of numerous lives and Tialha's sacrifice to ensure he could continue the fight. As questions arose concerning Turcery's motivations behind the truce between both settlements, the Gladiator grew fed up with waiting around for the consequences of his actions to sneak up behind him with a baseball bat. Unable to set foot across Tolengard's borders less risk the wrath of Serra, Exium took a play out of Earth's trusty handbook. When in doubt, find someone else to do your dirty work. Stuck in the Astral Plane and oblivious to the proxy war happening in real-time, Tialha must figure out how to return to Hearthmire despite a Harlequin named Francis keeping her there to battle against her deepest fears and insecurities. Both Exium and Tialha will have to decide what lengths they are willing to endure so Hearthmire may remain safe, even if that means traveling to the Demon Realm to stop Turcery and his sinister plans.
