A strange calm prevailed over the place… as if time had stopped, and as if wars had ended forever.

  No sound of drums…

  No screaming…

  No arrow in the air.

  Then, from the heart of the fortress…

  cheers erupted.

  "Drakarion!"

  "Lord Trevor!"

  "The miracle!"

  Men embraced each other, struck swords against shields,

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  some knelt in thanks,

  and some wept without knowing why.

  In the heart of this quiet madness,

  Trevor stood, watching them…

  his eyes searching their faces,

  then – for the first time since the beginning of the siege –

  he smiled.

  [Parallel Scene – The Upper Walls – A Gaze at the Horizon]

  In the distance, what remained of the Ravenger army began to flee,

  no order, no leader, no banner.

  Declan stood beside his lord, his gaze still sharp:

  Declan:

  "My Lord...

  I suggest sending knights after them...

  to finish them off... or to capture them."

  But Trevor shook his head, his eyes on the horizon:

  Trevor:

  "Let them…

  Let them carry with them the tale of what happened when they decided…

  to defy House Drakarion."

  [Final Scene – At the Gate – A Light Moment Amidst the Glory]

  John the Beast advanced slowly, extending his arms questioningly, his face bearing that beloved sarcasm:

  John:

  "But my Lord…

  how will we restore the land as it was?

  I mean… there's a pit the size of history behind us!"

  The soldiers laughed,

  Alister laughed,

  even Astor smiled for the first time in years.

  Trevor looked at him, then said in a light but meaningful tone:

  Trevor:

  "We will plant it with stories."