In a special ceremony held in a zolk-curtained pavilion, those who were involved in the fight against Valicross, along with the town elders, gather at the request of Lady Inaya al Nadia.
After the greetings and seating are taken care of, Inaya tells everyone about her older sister Tasha (with a disguised Natasha sitting in the audience) and about the regrets and guilt she's carried for the past twenty years, because she felt selfish and childish when Tasha was assigned to 'clean up' Sylvania.
She tells of how the family learned of Tasha's death, and the grief that struck them. With parents and husband dead, she could not bear to leave behind her daughter when coming to Sylvania when she heard of Valicross' defeat.
She awards a beautiful sword to Amelia, and metal weapons to the other militia members. To Olivia she gives the zolk curtains of the pavilion. She offers Natasha a chance to learn at the College Esoterica which Natasha politely turns down. Bravil also declines any rewards.
Medicines that she's brought are nervously given to Morgan, who has come in his full witch regalia. Afterwards, Inaya speaks of trade possibilities with the town, which gets various people excited.
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