The Blades knew how hard it was going to gain allies because of the trust issues that came with anyone who was Galra. It was to be expected though because of the large empire that loomed over the entire universe, they were the main threat at the moment. Keith was the only one of the Blades that didn’t have the true Galran features because of him being a hybrid, it was unknown on what his other half was though. It was something that the Blades hadn’t seen before plus his mother had been very secretive about who his father was, it was a guessing game about that other half he was. Things did change a bit though once Kolivan decided on who would take his place as leader, there were plenty of young Blades who had talent. The older Blade had a tough decision to make, but the trials that he was going to put them through would help decided on the one that would take his place. Keith being one of them.
Eventually though, the decision was made as Keith was the one picked to take Kolivan’s place. The other Blades agreed with his decision even though the raven was a bit concerned about being the one who was going to take Kolivan’s place. But there was reassurance from the ones who raised him into the warrior that he was today, they thought that he was the best choice though. It was the reassurance that he needed. Plus Keith had another advantage that the others didn’t, he had the Red Lion. It had been pure luck when she was discovered, but it was clear on who her paladin was going to be. She wasn’t going to let just anyone pilot her as the rest of the Blades failed to get her to respond.
The decision had been made for see if they could gain some more allies which was why Keith was going to go to a nearby planet alone. He would be taking Red though since the rest of the organization knew how protective she could be over the young leader. Red would make sure that he would be okay if anything bad was going to happen to her paladin.
Everything seemed to be going well with the ones that he was trying to become allies with until they discovered that he was Galra. That angered the alien race while Keith was trying to explain that he wasn’t with Zarkon’s empire, he was trying to stop them. But there was only so much that the Blades could do. It became clear that Keith was in danger here and needed to escape to Red as fast as possible. Of course though, he wasn’t able to escape in time. He had been captured and was in trouble while everything was yelling at Keith that he needed to get away. He needed to escape and get back to the Blades as gaining allies here was a failure.
Things became a blur for Keith as the only thing that he felt was pain, it was hard for him to tell what happened because of it. Hands were held above his head which was slumped toward the left using his arm as support, rocks laid at his feet though being the aftermath of the attack from the aliens. They left the young leader tied to the post leaving him to suffer from the pain and the blood that stained his skin.