[center][b][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3UezB_htU]Le Palais de Voltais - Seer's Chamber[/url][/b][/center]

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New orders barked through the lead Chevalier towards her assembled Crown Watch retainers and the still remaining men and women held their ground whilst several handfuls of crossbow wielders and recurved composite bowmen unleashed a near crippling volley of arrow and bolts through the corridor, sending the party flattening to the ground or behind cover within the smoldering throne room. Lucius grimaced as he glanced behind his shoulder to hear the sound of approaching Crown Watch reinforcements approaching from further down the unaffected hallways. 

It didn't take much to understand that their motly group was about to become victim to a double pincer maneuver and with their numbers, the ensuing aftermath was certainly favorable towards an immediate death. The remaining Crown Watch reassembled as one and merely stood their ground as their crossbow men readjusted their aim whilst the recurved composite bow wielders quickly prepared for a final devastating volley that would end this mortal charade. Lucius and Lord Bahram had only begun to light their stuffed munition bottles when a loud rumbling echoed through the brightly lit corridor.

Light spilled out from the Chamber beyond as the stone quickly parted way before several shaped balls rolled under the unsuspecting Crown Watch soldiers and detonated into plumes of thick yellowed smoke. Amidst the confusion, several soldiers began to cough and sputter whilst others quickly dropped their weapons and reeled to rub their eyes. As time passed, more and more Crown Watch retainers quickly collapsed and within a short time, the yellow cloud quickly engulfed the remaining squadrons.

Within the smoldering throne room, a command to charge could be heard from the commanding Chevaliers of several newly assembled reinforcements. Disciplined ranks of Crown Watch soldiers shouted as their decorated shields pumped forwards in fast moving jagged tides of steel. Lucius merely shouted towards Lord Bahram and the others to break for the Chamber whilst he seized several charged munition balls and prepared to hold the soldiers at bay.

His shouts only partially reached the others when glaring light cascaded off the busts lining the wall behind the Smoldering Throne and into the lead elements of the charging Crown Watch retainers. All at once the soldiers stumbled to a halt as the bright light quickly fell upon the hallway outskirts in a riveting aura of lumescent light. Many simply collapsed as the sheer light completely blinded their vision and sent many to crash into each other into a confusing jumble of bodies, grinding steel, and the sound of crumpling buckets.

Gasping, the Prince quickly made his way through the dissipating clouds of yellowed fumes and fallen Crown Watch bodies to find a large, dimly lit floor that quickly unveilled dank walls of densely packed inscriptions and an assortment of shelves and furnishings. As Dae and Lord Bahram took point, the Prince himself quickly unholstered a loaded pistol and valiantly placed himself in front of his magi companions, Uriel and Ona as the group inched through the Chamber. Upon inching further into the chamber where a mist surrounded a set of glass tables sitting above a large circular pool of water, two figures twisted as the mists parted to unveil a young woman floating unconscious above the pool's middle. The second figure resembled a young man wearing shortly cropped blonde hair, finely woven robes, and a handsome complexion. 

"Welcome, brothers and sisters!" the man announced as he waddled through the knee deep pool, "The night has been long and the tides of fate are ever changing within Carcassonne as they are on Altaea. I thought it fair to rid us of the Lord Sovereign's Crown Watch elements as appropriately as was in my abilities. No doubt you wish to see that your efforts weren't in vain and that by removing Catherine you maybe spared possible hardships!"

The blonde man quickly pulled a lever from within the pool and within moments, the Chamber opening closed, prompting Lord Bahram to cock the hammer from his musket.

"You are a man of many talents and equally as many pursuits, Lord Bahram, however, I have reason to believe that staying your hand may serve your tribe as well as recovering the horses the Lord Sovereign Richter von Conqvist stole from you. The loyal men you ordered to pursue your Candari steads are on a fools errand given how they're already on a ship bound for the port city of Normandy."

"Lord Bahram, lower your musket," the Prince requested as he suspiciously glanced towards the unconscious woman, "I may possibly wish to confront this snivelling imp before I decide where to act further."

Smirking, the blonde man shot an arm towards the Man in the Iron Mask, Uriel, before gently placing the unconscious seer upon a nearby glass table and remarked, "We are short on time, Lucius so perhaps it would be best if we should first inform our pyrourger brother how he intends to confront his demonic supernatural shortcomings. Should we act otherwise, he may [i]actually[/i] escape a thousand different ways."

As Lord Bahram wrapped his finger around the trigger, Lucius slowly inched forwards whilst lowering his own pistol. His eyes squinted towards the blonde man earning the newcomer's smile and affections. It was after a brief moment that the two shared a look of near mutual understanding, provoking the Prince's owl-enducing expression.

"Mon dieu ... [i][b]Rothion??!![/b][/i]" Lucius jubilantly exclaimed?!

"Mon frere (my brother)!" the blonde man fondly answered, "It's been far too long and ... I ... have been waiting for this moment for sometime now ..."