>>5191332>>5191784>>5191870>>5191877>>5191879You and Alys rush past the exhausted soldier, no confirmation or elaboration needed as you speedily travel up the central hill the Imperial Citadel sits upon to answer the threat. Your only word to the man is to gather more men to meet the enemy, no battle was ever lost by having forces too numerous after all.
You leave the man to it as you and Alys hurry to the throne room. Along the way you pass dozens of dead, some even sliced nearly in half. Who could have done this? Alys gives you a worried look as you approach the throne room. The door to the last corridor you need to pass is thrust open by the two of you, and you witness utter carnage. The Imperial Guard lay utterly decimated, many of them in several pieces. Only some sort of monster could have done this. Behind you is the conglomeration of the reinforcements you have called, dozens and soon to be hundreds ready to defend their ruler. The doors to the throne room were easy to open, revealing the truth.
The Emperor is dead, his head separated from his body and lying with its surprised expression some dozen feet from it's body and the throne. Alkaign and the rest of the retinue fight a pitched battle against the enemy, a young man of little more than teenage years clearly getting the better of the Heir. You know the man to be a strong warrior, and detect something supernatural in the invader's strength.
You:
> Call on Alys and both aid her brother>Tell Alys to aid the others and fight Alkaign's attacker solo> Destroy the lesser threats before aiding the Heir 