The Redmane Castle funeral band was disbanded the very next day after the festival. Once the funeral musicians and chanters had received a generous paycheck, they happily changed jobs on the spot and became a celebration band, playing and singing cheerful, festive tunes instead.
Because the strongest Demigod of Redmane Castle—the Starscourge General Radahn, who had gradually lost his sanity after being infected by the Scarlet Rot during the Shattering War by the Valkyrie Malenia—had returned.
That's right!
The Patronus of the Caelid Wilds, the powerful and beloved strongest Demigod, had finally broken free of the terrible Scarlet Rot and returned to Redmane Castle, clear-minded in a way no one could have imagined.
They said the Carian Queen had stepped in, inviting a powerful and mysterious Arcane Archmage to heal General Radahn?
And that powerful, mysterious Arcane Archmage was also the savior of Limgrave, the new ruler who had defeated the Demigod Godrick the Grafted, King of Grafting, and taken control of Stormveil Castle?
Of course, not many people knew exactly what had happened.
But none of that mattered for now. What mattered was that Starscourge General Radahn had returned to Redmane Castle, and that, according to rumors, he had found a way to cure and dispel the Scarlet Rot.
There was no doubt about it: this was another joyous occasion worthy of celebration!
As the people of Redmane Castle saw it, before long, their old general O'Neil, their fellow countrymen suffering under the Scarlet Rot, and the fertile Caelid Wilds ravaged by the Scarlet Rot would all gradually return to normal, becoming what they had once been.
That was the real reason the entire city of Redmane Castle was holding a grand celebration today, with soldiers and civilians alike taking to the streets to sing, dance, and cheer.
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