Vernadis Besieged Part Three

Zavi was surprised to find he wasn't the only one paying Trostani a visit. When he reached the Capital, he was greeted by two of his fellow Vernadi leaders. Alani Davosi had his, Ke-Li, out near a major Simic lab and Dinia Ti-Libera has hers, Vali-Os, nestled on the cusp of some Gruul-inhabited ruins. They had both been attacked, the methods of the attackers very different.

Alani had been attacked by a man bearing the same poison as one of Zavi's attackers, but the similarities stop there. The other attackers altered his walls, turning them into creatures that attacked his Vernadi instead of protecting it. Another attacker used innovative magic that Alani couldn't even grasp to tear his walls to shreds. The fourth and final attacker slashed through the thorny vines with the air itself, the last attacker felt too pure for this deed to Alani, a small fact that hasn't sat well with him since the attack.

Dinia experienced the blaze-making attacker like Zavi as well as the complex magics that Alani had to deal with. One of the assailants at Vali-Os used magic to revert her primary wall into a more natural and less magically-altered ring of shrubs. Worst of all was the pyromancer with the golden flames: hauntingly pure with  a sense of duty and righteousness that made her feel as though she had done something wrong and this was her punishment.

They all had the conclusion to enter the capital and consult their guildmistress, they all feared another attack, they all needed advice to figure out how to prevent another attack.

"Keep faith in the Worldsoul," Trostani advised "let it tell you how to best fortify your city and protect the ones you love."

Zavi, Alani and Dinia all sat and wondered what to do. They resolved to fortify the walls, no longer the shrubs with thorns, a weak and useless protection as the past few days have shown. Instead a ring of small trees, enchanted saplings to keep away intruders and protect the Selesnyans living within their confines.

With this resolution, a shadow passed over the clearing where they sat, noise erupted from the base of Vitu-Ghazi.

"Alani, go to the crown. Dinia, the roots." Zavi said, leaping into action. He himself ran for the throne room, ready to protect the head of the Conclave at all costs. It was a good decision.