The light of the moon illuminates the landscape. You're standing near a lake. You're cold. You feel too much. You look down at the hands gripping yours. Pale skin, red fingernails. You look up into her eyes. Seeking but never finding. In the reflection of her crimson eyes, you can see a crown of lightning on your head. Roots finally looks down as if noticing you. Her face a contorted mask of pain and surprise.

Her head is sheared off. Blood drenches you and paints the lake with the last remnant of her life. Her body crumples silently to the ground.

"No, please. I just found you. Don't leave me." Minevrast's voice echoes through you, creating ripples on the bloody lake. "DON’T LEAVE ME"

You reach for her and a burst of lightning echoes in your head. You're sitting on the edge of a clocktower, overlooking all of the shadowed land of The Vale. Music from the town square drifts up, the sounds almost forgotten by the time they reach you. You turn and see her. She's smiling. Her hair a dark brown, eyes the color of the sky. "It's been so long. I had forgotten what it all feels like, Riley." You take Roots' hand in yours. She turns her face towards yours, illuminated blue by the glow of the lightning crown on your head, and you can feel your heart beat faster.