Expelled

Dyon sent a questioning gaze over toward Donari who pretended to not notice.

Anyone who understood how the gates worked knew that it was impossible for a non-member of a quadrant to freely enter the fog barrier. The only way was if you had the permission of someone who was ranked Duke or above, who also, obviously, was a citizen of the quadrant.

Clearly, the 98th quadrant didn't have any Duke or above title holders other than Violet's father and the well-loved Legatee of Soul Rending Peak, Donari's cousin.

However, Violet's father had already continued to the celestial floors and was actually quickly approaching the age limit for that floor as well. At the same time, Donari's cousin, Kernick Caedes, was well past the age limit of the saint floors and had failed to progress to the celestial floors.

Long story short, since neither of them could enter the saint floors, obviously they couldn't give Clara permission. That only left Donari.