[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/kRWs084.png[/img][h2][color=palegoldenrod]IONA, THE DARK ARCHANGEL[/color][/h2][/center][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][hr][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][color=palegoldenrod]"I admire your resolve,"[/color] Iona said after eyeing Suparna with a stern gaze. [color=palegoldenrod]"Even though you judge yourself unworthy, you have the courage to stand your ground—albeit with shaky knees— before my presence. At this moment, if we were to meet on opposite sides of a battlefield, you can be sure that I would not hesitate to unleash my full might against you."[/color]

A promise of unfettered violence was perhaps the greatest compliment Iona could give to any warrior. As soon as she said it, the Dark Archangel's expression softened from a judgment gaze to a neutral, almost sisterly one, especially when she noticed Suparna's reaction to the children and vice versa.

[color=palegoldenrod]"I know exactly what kind of battlefield meets your requests. The Crystalsong Valley is locked in a tough stalemate, if that continues it'll be impossible to establish a suitable base of operations for when the time comes for a major conflict to happen there,"[/color] Iona said, slight closing her wings to let the children get closer to them. [color=palegoldenrod]"In its former world, that valley was a place where many sought spiritual refuse. You may find what you seek there, along with a token of your past in the form of the Blood Countess, indulging in her idiosyncratic machinations,"[/color] she added.

[color=palegoldenrod]"Is there anything else that you wish to say before departing on your journey?"[/color]