Tine knows what her bloodline means .
She knows crusader Thruds bravery, his part in sealing away the malevolent god .
She knows of her duchy prosperity ,
a land where even relatives of soldiers don't understand the pain of war.
She knows of its rot too.
She knows of her grandfather's betrayal of the crown ,
that led to the ruin of the whole continent.
She knows of her uncle placating the new ruler just to continue his pointless conquest.
Of what it took to get there of the families lost of children ripped away,
in the name of the monster her ancestor devoted his life too sealing away
crushed her mothers life under her heels.
It shouldn't have taken this long.
She should have been braver, kinder and act as her station is supposed to dictate.
But it took being discarded.
Her uncle sending her on an suicide mission with a handful of men against the rage and sorrow of a generation.
in the Issaian rebellion spreading and breaking the world order , she and so many of them were born into.
That it's her altruism, her being sick of being put down, becoming brave enough to do what is right.
Her brother ,someone to defend and be defended by .
Who was as if he came to return her mothers dazzling smile to her, her righteous anger and boundless kindness.
Someone to make the weight of her sins just a little bit lighter.
In the couple of weeks since the war ended they finally were able to spend time together , joyous celebrations of the new beginning for all.
But now she was coming back to work , alongside a couple of soldiers she was supposed to cross the Aed desert to its now famous loptyrian shrine .
The liberation army didn't have time for a closer look while the war was going on.
Especially since the horror stories Patty told about the places security ,should have discouraged anyone else from taking whatever it hid themselves.
Tine isn't going to admit what made her so keen on being the one to lead the search herself .
But it sure affected her for her eagerness must have resulted in heat induced hallucinations.
For she thinks she's drowning her limbs, heavy weight down by basic armour and soaked through clothes .
If it's a hallucination then well she's making a fool of herself by indulging it .
But if it isn't then she is in danger so she doesn't hesitate to grab the pier
and try to hoist herself up.
Her first words in this unknown land are cries for help.
