[center][h2] Mandalore the Risen [/h2][/center]

“What are you proposing? A trial by combat?” I look cautious. “Are you... challenging me for my title?”

[center][h2] HJ Twilight [/h2][/center]

“Mand’alor, come on! Don’t you see it has to be this way? After what you’ve done, whether you believe it was necessary or not, is unforgivable to Mandalorian standards! You knew this once, but somehow, somewhere, you lost sight of yourself. Maybe it was the dark corruption of this planet, or maybe it was just the exhaustion of this war that made you unable to think clearly, but you’ve made mistakes. You killed loyal men and women - YOUNG men and women - who only wanted to serve you. They willingly kept your plan a secret from their Clan Chief because you told them to, and now most of them are dead or on the run. I hate to say it but... letting you walk away at all is far more than you deserve.”

[center][h2] Mandalore the Risen [/h2][/center]

I stay silent for a few seconds before I lower my head in shame. “You’re right. This was all a horrible mistake. I didn’t think so many lives would be affected. I let my hatred and paranoia get the better of me. I just... I didn’t want to prove I could lead. I wanted to be the one that conquered Coruscant, and bring about a new Golden Age for the Mando’ade. But... no matter how much I try to deny it, that was never my destiny. I’ve only fractured out people more, and continued dishonor the legacy of my family. My father worked hard to erase the treason of my grandfather... and here I’ve gone and undid all of that.”

[center][h2] HJ Twilight [/h2][/center]

“You can still fix this to an extent. Accept Temari’s terms, and you can walk away. You’ll have lost fairly, and you can preserve at least a smidge of honor, but disappear from the limelight. Go home, and just be Ava Cadera again. Please.”

[center][h2] Cosen Greshh [/h2][/center]

I look between the three of them. “I can’t believe what I’m hearing! That’s all that she gets? A slap on the wrist and the loss of her titles? My brother is DEAD because of her schemes! You expect me to stand down at let her walk free?”