Acies... it means battlefield in the old language, the language of our forefathers. A battlefield... that is what the rebels have turned my country into. A battlefield in which brother turns against brother, parent against child, friend again st friend. That's what it comes down to, how it started and how it will end-- a battle of friend against friend. Once I named Adane my friend, but now... now we are on a quest for each other's blood. Therefore, I do what must be done, and name Adane Lyvena a traitor to the crown, guilty of treason. May every man's hand be against her, may no one shelter or assist her, and above all else, let every loyal subject strive to bring her to justice.
~By my hand and seal,
Queen Carina Trethen

Traitor, she names me. Not just me, but all those who choose to stand at my side. Traitor, when it was she who began this, who refused to forgive when given the chance, who exiled us and was so startled when we dared to fight back because we were in the right. In that case, traitor she names me and traitor I shall be, and if treason is what she wishes to call it then so be it. If a rebellion is what it takes, then I shall turn it into that, a nd turn every inch of ground from here to the capitol city into a battlefield-- if a bloodbath is what is necessary to acheive justice and regain our rights, then a bloodbath is what she shall get.
~Adane Lyvena

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