Ventiera Chapter 3: Radiant Aria

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The blood mages keep coming, yet the heroes manage to keep fighting. Finding the strain on their troops far too great to risk, the Crown Prince sends out a call for aid to foreign countries and heroes, willing to offer grand rewards for their assistance.
Among these heroes, being introduced as Loewith, a mercenary with intent for revenge, and Galen, a prim and proper Avian noble trained in battle, comes the Aria Order, an organization known for their involvement in the Puppetmaster War. Leading them is none other than a hero of that war: Ebony Geminus. She pledges her troops to Sugavus' defenses, and informs her children, revealed to be the capable twins Kyanite and Andesine, to focus on seeking the legendary blade Excalibur, which very well could win these battles once and for all and provide a swift and relatively bloodless end to the conflict where normal weapons couldn't.
And so they do. With the aid of Drake, Paradox,  Nadium, and the Tuulian Loremaster Surge, they manage to theoretically pinpoint Excalibur's location after many days of searching: the peak of Mount Luxia. Doubting there's any other option, the twins begin to scale the great mountain, knowing full well how risky this action is.
Following a dawn and a dusk of climbing the peak of lore, the twins descend from the frozen dark with the very thing they sought: Excalibur, attuned to Andesine's hand, and her hand only. Amidst jealousy and admirance, Andesine nonetheless appears to undoubtedly be the hero Ventiera needs.
Now with the legendary blade of light, all seems to be well...but the question is posed, just why did Tuul desire to seek this blade of myth?
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