Five years after Vael’s attack, Klause stands in the warded courtyard at seventeen, with Liora beside him and packed cases, academy letters, and secured magical supplies ready for Elara.
Rebecca Larent
The account beneath the roots is recorded with the academy’s wardmasters. If Vael returns, show restraint first. Your power is not a shield merely because it is vast.
Rebecca checks the layered seals on Klause’s supplies, then rests one hand against the courtyard wardstone. Its familiar glow answers her touch, steady but watchful.
Jacob Larent
Liora, guard your companion, but do not spend yourself protecting everyone around you. A disciplined guard preserves her own strength for the moment it matters.
Liora
I understand. I will protect Klause without abandoning my own footing, and I will bring him home stronger than we left.
Elianora, now five, clings to Rebecca’s skirts before hurrying forward. She offers Klause and Liora a small carved family charm threaded on blue cord.
Elianora Larent
Take this with you. Then the family ward can remember where you belong. Will you write when you reach the academy?
“Yeah I will Elianora i say as I pat her head then get on the horse with liora on the other horse we wave goodbye and go down the road to the academy”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled +3)