Back at the grand wall, minutes before Casmir's move to attack the Errant's believers…
The moments before the Errant and his forces descended from the sky had been very tense for Cade XV and every other Ossuarist standing on the fifty-storey grand wall, especially after that terrifying opening. But when the Errant's army finally plunged from the sky in a sprawling arc, the dread vanished.
Seeing that the enemy army was made up mostly of Arcanists, not Ossuarists, a wave of renewed confidence swept through the defenders.
The Thorne family line moved into action immediately, using their signature fragment of Piercing — the transcendent authority passed down through the core lineage. Cade XV, his father, and his sister were the only ones who possessed it, while the rest of their regiment relied on high-tier Ossuarist talent and robust soul masses.
