Amongst the many battlefields which emerged throughout the Academy, one stood out.
And the reason was made evident by the people who fought on it.
Unlike the few others where the pawns either battled for their safety or to conquer, this one was different. They fought for something else– firmer, higher, more profound.
The future of the Academy.
Its fate had been tugged and pulled.
Laid bare for the sticky hands of the winners to wield.
But nothing worth gold was ever gotten without repercussions.
And the blood they bled was simply an ingredient to the repercussions they were yet to face.
That was the case for the leader of the System Uprisers. Katherin Starblaze.
Like the tenured Professor she was, she had proven to be more than just the pillar that held the Cult together.
She proved to be its core.
The source from which every other string stretched and formed the different parts and members of her group.
