New Kandor
With the defeat of the Dark Lord, Morgana did not stay in the transformed manor where Theron had once ruled. She returned to Kandor instead.
The city had changed since the siege. The walls that had once felt thin and inadequate now stood as symbols of survival. The people who had huddled in fear now walked the streets with something resembling hope. But they were still recovering, still healing, still figuring out what life looked like without a tyrant's shadow hanging over everything.
Morgana walked through the gates on the second day after the battle. People recognized her—the priestess who had stood with the prophecy child, who had faced the Dark Lord's army and lived. They bowed as she passed. Some reached out to touch her robe, as if contact with her might transfer some of that protection to them.
She let them. It cost nothing, and it gave them comfort.
