Diversion

Six key individuals made up Julien D Evanus's war room.

Nathan D Evans, The royal prince.

Thalion Ironfoot, The chief commander.

Alaric WindStrider, The chief strategist

Nysa, The Information head

Sir Cedric, Virex Corps Head

And

Zephyr Lightweaver, The Master Mage

Of these six, Nathan, Thalion and Alaric betrayed Julien, while Cedric died in combat.

In the end, Nysa resigned from her post as the information head, refusing to serve a young Emperor, leaving only Zephyr Lightweaver, the current mage association president and a prominent master mage, behind as a member of the old guard.

Before entering the palace, Leo had expected to enter into a conflict against the master mage, however, when he fought against Vivienne, he hoped that maybe, just maybe, Zephyr had been replaced by Vivienne and that the replacement had not been made common knowledge yet.