A Great Witch.
Few people understood that term the way members of the Ruling Council did.
Unconsciously, Argidir's eyes drifted back to the emblem of a tree pressed in emerald green wax on the letter Ashlynn had sent, and he finally understood.
The Evergreen Empress.
The Mother of Trees.
She truly was the same as the Evil Queen of old. Only, Claire du Gaal had believed that her powers of witchcraft were enough to win the day. She'd greatly underestimated the might of the Church's Exemplars, and she'd made no preparations to fight against a Saint in all his might.
Claire du Gaal, whose name had been all but blotted from the history books, was the entire reason the Church maintained a second Holy City, located in the Kingdom of Gaal, with a Saint constantly in residence. Before Clair's involvement, the Church had achieved most of its goals by sending a group of Exemplars to face off against the most powerful Eldritch Lords.
