Life really comes full circle. How long has it been since he was in this exact situation? Of trying to find a book that was to his liking? He remembered wandering around just like he was doing now. Trying to find something that he could actually get to the end.
And yet... so much had changed.
Looking around, not only was he now only surrounded by shadows, but by people, but even he was different, both in strength and in his internal being. Before Frozen Crown, he always relied on others, not being the one to take the lead. Even inside, he gave the majority of commands, but Elpis led the team.
..
Look at him now, being the leader of a personal team, and a whole rebellion at that.
The Withered has had a rebellion before this, done by a Harbinger. How he reached that point, no one knows, but he was powerful, very powerful. He had beaten five Harbingers by himself, and he was close to actually doing something with his rebellion. Before...
Keres stepped in, of course.
