The Oceanic Empire

Raef stood by Harmon who lay motionless in his bed in the palace cellar, having been shifted after the sea life had moved on to land.

"Oh Harmon, so lucky are you to sleep such a dark time through," Raef noted, putting his hand to his head.

Harmon's body temperature had definitely increased, yet his heartbeat was still irregular and he showed no signs of moving.

"I wonder if there'll even be a world for you to wake up to," he added.

The door in the cellar swung open and Dancus entered, holding an iron arrow in his hand.

"Raef, I hate to break it to you but we don't have the time for heartfelt discussion!" Dancus exclaimed.

"Right, right, I'm coming, and are we ready for battle?" Raef asked.

"Not really, no. But that's the fun of it!"

"So you intend on seeing the Sea Life Army off with an iron arrow?"

"Not at all, this just came through the window, a group of angry citizens are rioting, demanding something be done! The sea creatures are attacking, and they're heading straight for us!"

"Well it's no good fighting amongst ourselves."

"No, that's why we sent the Paladins to chase them off."

"Right."

"Now less chat! Let's get to work!"

Raef followed Dancus out of the cellar and they strolled along a corridoor, they passed a broken window with a rock lying next to it on the Palace floor. Paladins passed them, each nodding to their leader, equipped with swords.

"So what do we do?" Raef asked.

"I was hoping you could tell us that," Dancus said.

"Where's Raiah?"

"She's...around, I got her to tidy up a bit of a 'mess' outside with an angry citizen who started arguing with a Paladin."

"For goodness sake! There's blood on the floor and the battle hasn't even begun!"