"An outer god's avatar?"
"Aaron Salian?"
"Avatars of deities fought within Realmspace? This is the first time since the Time of Troubles."
As the two divine avatars vanished, the towering tsunami waves finally subsided. Aaron stood on the shore of Dimlight Village, expressionless, neither grieving nor rejoicing. He said nothing and did not move.
Mount Celestia, the Three Holy Temples, Elysium, the Brightwater Domain, the Abyss, Baator, the Sea of Chaos, the Endless Wilderness, and countless other places.
Gazes that had finally sensed the disturbance crossed the Crystal Sphere and settled on Aaron.
Just who was this fellow? Why could he summon a deity's avatar?
Some of those gazes were grave, others fearful, delighted, or brimming with interest.
But without exception, every being who looked his way felt a twinge of wariness.
No one capable of summoning a deity's avatar was to be taken lightly.
Hooves thundered.
The cavalry from Marsember arrived.
An officer stepped forward and called the Purple Dragon Knight's name, but Aaron still did not respond. Only by following Viscount Salian's gaze did the soldiers notice a naked girl washed up on the beach.
She was the reason Aaron had come. They were her last hope.
It was also the will of Cthulhu's avatar.
Only when the soldiers dragged the girl onto the beach did Aaron drop to the ground. His face remained expressionless, but boundless reverence welled up in the hearts of everyone present.
He had done it!
As the soldiers called Aaron's name and showered him with praise, he remained there, showing neither joy nor sorrow. He seemed numb and lost.
"Lord Salian?"
Two days later.
Word of their heroic deeds spread throughout Suzail and Marsember.
"What?!"
In a mansion somewhere in the Upper City of Suzail, Cormyr's capital.
The room was furnished with the