Sebastian the wizard's last breath completed the fly spell that caused Samedi to rush upwards along the white tower, dropping her off on the pristine white balcony outside the council chamber.<br/><br/>Fresh air rushed into the room with a wind, but the usually sweet mountain air was now fouled by the smell of blood, steel and sweat. As Samedi tried to assess the situation of the battle going up here, she saw two figures near the balcony: one of them was a familiar-looking woman, though her commanding presence, collected demeanor and distant beauty were all gone. Yustissa's hands were raised above her head, hair disheveled and face turned groundwards in shame, her waists in chain cuffs fixed against one of the balcony pillars. Her dignity, along with her robes was in shreds, the discarded cloth scattered on the floor around her along with her holy symbol torn from her neck, and weapon belt with the empty sheath, the angelic longsword lying sever feet to the side by the wall. Unable to raise her head in disgrace, the always proud and confident woman was quietly sobbing on her knees as the man behind her enjoyed her, raped her at a comfortable, lazy pace. The white-robed fiend, who was Hagan, was violating the defenseless girl even now, overlooking her forces being routed as he was getting close to her ultimate humiliation. Samedi just had enough time to take in the shocking sight before the High Priest stopped moving his hips and the redhead started to wail. He pulled back and the former Lady Paladin collapsed, proof of her final defeat dripping from between her thighs.<br/><br/>Hagan turned towards the new arrival as he returned his manhood to his trousers, his form commanding, intimidating like nothing the barbarian has ever seen before. The shocking scene caused her to lose her momentum not because a man was raping a woman, she has seen that before. This was something on a much higher level and much worse than that.<br/>"Ah, I see my little plaything's followers didn't give up. The others see to have fled and leave you to your demise however.Haven't you realized yet I have declared you all martyred on this day? Your sacrifice defending the Spire will give hope to a new generation of soldiers against the renewing beastman threat. As troops in this war, it is your duty to die here today, and as the God of this land, it is mine to make it so. Accept your fates, or pray to me for mercy, and be judged on the sincerity of your worship." After a slight pause he added "Your friends have betrayed you and you are alone. Your savior is reduced to nothing before me, can you hope to accomplish more? If you must have your own way, defy me or leap to our doom then. But submit to me everything you are and I can make you the new hero of the people. Grant you power like like my dear Yustissa had, inspire thousands with your deeds and legend. The war is about to turn for the worse, and humanity will need a new maiden to rally behind. Or did you like this one, lower yourself to the level of a common whore and let mere soldiers claim your flesh?" It wasn't exactly clear what seemed more outrageous at he moment, the old mans crazy ramblings or the absurd idea that Yustissa and her soldiers would have ever... but she didn't seem so disant, so untouchable anymore, just a sobbing girl who lost everything.<br/><br/>It didn't seem like Hagan was going to attack, but his quarterstaff was within his reach.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Samedi</div><div class="spoiler_body">Consider all your stats fully refreshed and restored. You will need all of them if you want to stand against Hagan even for a bit. Joining him is an option right until the moment anything else crosses your mind, he will know. You can die in this encounter if you leap off the balcony - losing to Hagan is not quite so forgiving. You go first.</div></div><br/><br/>(http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/121040611612_1_0_1/1000x1000.jpg)