Did you miss this part of "Long Live the King" from the Great Succession Crisis Crisis Extended Edition? In ceremonial silence, Lord Priest Corann lit a ceremonial torch which he passed to Lady Priestess Anlei, her face red with tears and grief, her body shaking perceptively. Corann touched her shoulders, projecting a measure of calm into her mind to buttress hers. With three deep breaths, Anlei stepped to the widened wooden platform upon which Queen Isabelle’s casket had been placed. A wooden screen surrounded Bevin’s body next to her, concealing the gruesome disfigurements Bevin suffered in his final xiao-shirs. Evidence of torture – and Bevin’s own resistance – covered the body. Touching the torch first to the queen’s casket, then to the screen, Anlei watched the flames envelop her parents like a solar flare washing around a planet. Still in shock and feeling overwhelmed with grief, Anlei stumbled as she tried to step back to a safe distance from the raging flames already starting to send out embers and ashes as Isabelle and Bevin’s bodies succumbed to the heat. Against protocol, Anlei wept openly, unable to meet anyone’s gaze, completely consumed by grief, her hands still clutching the torch. Observing the unsteadiness of her grip, Corann gently took hold of the torch, passing it to Prince Lyr who gave it in turn to a knight of Gurun to extinguish.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:17:52 +0000
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