I walked through the corridors of Castle Deren, distracted. The king's absence from the castle was disturbing to me. Cerin and Myr did little to enlighten my questions, only relating that he had left in a hurry and had left the knight in charge temporarily. Giliara was as surprising to them as Tralin's absence was to me. I could relate to their confusion; the people of Deren had been shocked as well when the king had sent Giliara and I to Neld to open the temple of Light. I myself was not without my reservations about not only the redeemed Brilhado, but about the king's plan as a whole. As the commander of Deren's military, I felt my presence should have remained in the castle, but Tralin was hardly unaccomplished himself and he was the king, and his will was not to be denied in this matte