<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/GhiPE9D.jpg)</div><br/>Kieri once again stood in the square that had been renamed for her. She sat on the shoulders of the beheaded statue, not to pretend to be above the others, but so that she could be seen and heard amongst the crowd. The square, that had once been a barren place was now full of life. Children played amongst tents and shacks that had been erected here and there and people walked, unafraid. Everywhere in the areas of the slums she controlled, people were, for the first time in a long while, walking unafraid. Unafraid of the guardsmen, that had been driven out, and unafraid of each other.<br/><br/>"I know there's been many rumours about it, and I'm here to confirm them. Yes, it's true. I have managed to form an alliance with others. People who share our cause. Powerful voices in the city. An alliance between us and Selevahn, Niles the Nerdist and, chief of all, Alwyn, Destroyer of the Malignant Grimoire!" A cheer came at this last, one that Kieri let last for a while before quieting it down. "Yes, I know many have heard of her. A human, bit one who has long spoken for our cause. And she didn't only speak. When the Grimoire was lost, its dangerous evil powers threatening us all, she took it on herself to find it and to destroy it! I'm proud that we were able to help her accomplish this task and I'm proud to that she's agreed to ally with us. I want all of our new allies, but her, especially, to be welcome anywhere in the Slums. And I think you all agree with me on this." Another cheer.<br/><br/>"But there are others!" Kieri eventually cried out, cutting through the cheerfulness. "Others who are not so great. Ones who waste their voices. I'm talking today of Chevis the Chic. Now, especially now, when everyone is suffering under Princess the Headless." She tapped the broken stump of a neck, drawing a laugh. "When there is not enough and many are doing what they can with less than they had, less than they need, he's having people wearing fish. Good food, wasted left to spoil as it is used as nothing more than silly clothes. I will not tell you what to do, you all know that it is not my way. But I would be glad to know that none of you are following this harmful trend."