Close Calls
Voltara al Famyn nervously sipped her wine. She had returned to the Wisteria Concord only a few days ago, and every day had been nerve-wracking. At this point, she was worried she was going to develop a drinking problem.
Back when the war first started, they had heard of a Marked One who, while able to force Alorek back and allow passage for his own team as well as several other teams behind their lines, sacrificed an unthinkable amount of lives. With the casting of a single spell, hundreds and hundreds of sparks of life were snuffed out in an instant.
Thankfully the casualties were almost exclusively Marked Ones; however, the horror of the action was so sudden and terrifying that it had the military's leadership scrambling for an explanation.