[@The Irish Tree] has asked to be given leave, due to having finals this week and needing time to study and focus on those. As such, Vani will be considered unconscious for the time being, both from being pummeled by rocks and from near-exhaustion of his mana. Tree's excused from posting this week.

I will try to get an update out today, but honestly there isn't that much I can write about until you guys do more things with the crystal and/or each other. Today's update will mostly relate to the movements of the Imperial army within the ruins and the Palagrian forces to the south, and will have little to do with your characters directly.