It's a bright morning, and in the port of Elaria is home to a huge ship, one with an almost house-like structure on the massive deck.

  From the ship, three men from another kingdom, one old, one middle-aged, and one young walk into the main part of the city.

  As the three walk through the kingdom, they don't speak a word as they walk through the Lower and Middle Ward, and into the Upper Ward.

  The usually loud streets were silent that day, as if they were silent out of respect of the three men.

  As the three men walk toward the Knight's Fortress and walk through the massive doors.

  As they walk through the halls, they draw attention, none of it acted on.

  The three men then walk into a room, on the top floor of the Knight's Fortress and they wait.

  They wait for what feels like an eternity to one of the men.

  They wait until Jermaine walks through the door to the room, with a black-haired man with two large swords following beside him.

  Jermaine then comments "Apologies for our tardiness, the two of us were preoccupied."

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  The younger man then speaks up with a slight accent.

  "So will King Ari not be joining us today?"

  The black-haired man responds

  "King Ari is a bit under the weather at the moment, please excuse his absence, sir."

  Offended by his mocking tone, the younger man does his best to hold his tongue.

  The oldest of the three men then says "So, Jermaine and Magnus, why have you called the Nation of Ashvara to counsel?"

  Jermaine responds, saying "Well, as I stated in my letter to General Kojiro"

  He says this while looking at the middle-aged man

  "The Kingdom of Elarium is nearing a state of war, one with a small rebel group who has gained immense power and traction."

  Each of the three men seem to bring their attention closer upon hearing this.

  "We have limited but useful information, sourced from a Knight who has been undercover for years with the group."

  "The information states that the group will attack in any time from three to four months."

  "We have called you here so we can ask you for aid, if they attack when they're meant to, we will likely be left with very few capable Knights to handle the upper echelon of the rebel group's forces."

  The middle-aged man says "We would love to assist you, Jermaine, but we are in a similar situation, a huge part of our nation has been converted to believe in the rantings of a delusional revolutionary."

  "We have no choice but to decline. My sincerest apologies."

  The three men stand and leave as Jermaine and Magnus are left empty-handed.

  Magnus then makes an offer

  "So Jermaine, neither of us have anything to do tonight, right?"

  Jermaine nods.

  "So I guess we can go to the bar we always used to go to."

  Jermaine then responds

  "Back when we were still in training?"

  Magnus responds right back

  "Yeah, you know the one."

  The two old friends then go to a bar in the Upper Ward, and spend the entire night there until they need to return the each of their quarters.