Her Radiance stood at the door and I knew it was not going to go well. She’s a bitch. It never goes well with her holiness.
“The council has decided.”
“As it will, your Radiance.”
“Your power grows, Arcklind.”
“Pharasma and the Phoenix have been too kind to me.”
“The council has decided that your power is not of Pharasma. You have never walked our true path, Arcklind Elizar. Your ways are not selfless. They are of chaos and might be an abomination. We will take no chances in our order.”
“Doing nothing brings chaos, your Radiance. I will continue to endeavor to seek the teachings, within or outside these walls.”
“The decision has been made. You will leave.”
“I accept the council’s finding.” That was hard to say. “But only because I fear they do not understand the full power of the Paragon of the Phoenix.”
“They, and I, are the keepers of Pharasma’s light. We know the full power.”
“They will when they see it. I will pray for their enlightenment under the luminescence of the Phoenix.”