[ her brother. that does give him pause even as rafal grinds his teeth irritably. he is still invested in that. nel would chastise him if he didn't help. and . . . he has to admit, he would have been far less charitable if their positions were reversed.

rafal sighs before turning around. ]

He is. The emblems summons heroes and heroes choose to answer the call. But it does not bring the hero alive and breathing. It brings . . . a version of them so to speak. Embodying the time when they were at their peak.

Sigurd spoke of his death and his son to us often. He chose to help us so we could avoid the same fate as his world.