Astoria nodded, watching him go. She ascended the stairs to the top of the temple, standing on the roof hoping to watch out for Asran even as she protected the people of the city with her magic.

[i]'This was before things got really bad.'[/i] Ayrie thought, then looked around at the vision of Astoria in surprise. The woman nodded at her, and smiled sadly.

[i][color=fff79a]'Remember.'[/color][/i] she heard, as she watched the vision fade and was left alone to watch her memories of the past. She turned back to the scene in front of her, as her past self watched the battle between Asran and the Angel. As she watched an elven woman approached her, and Ayrie finally realized who the woman with the priests had been. It was Nadia.

"Astoria." she said, "Do you know why the Angel came here?"

"Nadia. Why? We've been building a great city here, Asran hasn't harmed anyone..." She stopped as the elf shook her head.

"He demolished a city to the north of here two days ago. Left no one alive save one dwarf that got away to tell the tale." Nadia said, her hands shaking with rage. "He killed [i]everyone[/i]."

"No... Nadia, two days ago..." She paused for a moment, remembering that Asran had been missing two days before. No one had been able to find him and when he came back he had said that he was off scouting trade routes. Her eyes widened, her heart wanting to deny it, but Nadia's word and the fact that he was gone, the presence of an Angel, it was too much. She couldn't deny it, not even in the face of all the good he had done, as he was still a Sin Lord at heart. Tears welled in her eyes as she went from sadness to anger at the betrayal. "What do you want me to do?"

"Help us oust him. Help us get revenge for the city lain to waste at his hand." Nadia said, and held out her hand. In it was a sheet of paper on which was angelic script, a spell. "We will repay his actions tenfold, and then you shall leave here with us and retake your place with the Seven Lights."