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EVERY ACTION CREATES.
A RIPPLE IN TIME AND SPACE.
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OUR REACH AND VISION.
BECOME А GIANT WAVE WHEN AMPLIFIED
QUT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE

RAMIFICATIONS OF YOUR
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ON THIS STATION
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ALL OVERALLEDIA, AND
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TO ESCAPE THIS SHADOW SURFACE OF T/PHON?
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ВУ FORCE IF THEY
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THESE "CHILDREN" VERY UNWISE To
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POWERFUL FORMER AS BEING UNFIT
MEMBERS OF THE
GUARDIAN COUNCIL. TREAT THEM
WITH RESPECT.
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WE FOLLOWING
THESE ORDERS,
JAIDOH?
BECAUSE THAT
IS Que JOB,
COMMANDER.
AS OTHERS
WILL TELL You.
MOMENTS LIKE
THIS ARE WHY |WORK
ON AN AMBULANCE AND
NOT IN COMMAND.
| TEND To BE
VERY SKEPTICAL
\ OF LEADERSHIP.
1DONT THINK WE HAVE WE CAN'T WIN A

MUCHOFA CHOKE. WE Рентіслиот ДИ cap. WEHELP TO
GOTo BATTLE WITH THE ; MINMEE THE
OTHERS AND HELP TO DAMAGE.
MINIMIZE DAMAGE.
WELCOME BACK, і AT LEAST You
COMMANDER AND SECURED US A
CAPTAIN! DID YOU \ SMALL VICTORY
DELIVER THE
SAPLING?
WHAT'S THE
SCOUTING REPORT
ON MOUNT
TEPAS?
WHILE THE VOLCANO

HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF
TROUBLE IN THE PAST,
I SEE NO EVIDENCE OF
IT BEING THE SOURCE
OF THE SHADOWS.
|THINK THE
GENERAL IS JUST
LOOKING FOR A
CLEAR TARGET.
ም WECANT FIGHT
THESE FORCES WITHOUT
EMILY OR THE OTHER
STONFKEEPEDS.
WE NEED ТО
RETURN TO
ALLEDIA AND
REGROUP.
“>
` ΕΒ ^
THE GENERAL
IS CALLING IN PATCHING
ON THE BIG 4
wovon, ቂስА
AS You МАУ HAVE
HEARD, OUR FORCES WE ARE ALL
ON ALLEDIA HAVE тур RESISTANCE
BEEN DEFEATED. ^ HAS LEFT.
WITH THE RESOURCES ТАМ HONORED

REMAINING, We WILL % το HAVE SERVED
WAGE AN ALL-OUT E WITH You.
OFFENSIVE ON THE Р AND rr WILL
SHADOW BASE. BE AN HONOR To
IF WE CANNOT FIGHT WITH You
WIN THE WARON ТО THEEND.
ALLEDIA, WE WILL
GIVE OUR LINES To
STOP THE SHADOWS
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
YOU THINKING Y
WHAT IM
THINKING?
154
IF WHAT НЕ
SAYS ISTRUE-- EMILY IS OKAY,
WHAT HAPPENED MOM. -
У STAY ON To EMILY?! IS SHE] ИМ NOT WORRIED
HIGH ALERT, ALIVE?! 88 አ. ABOUT HER.
ESPECIALLY
лев
AFTER WHAT
THAT MAN HAVE A STRONG,
SAID?! FEELING.
WELCOME BACK,
COMMANDER.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY
EXHIBITING А HIGH
IS THERE ANYTHING
| CAN DO To HELP
CALM You DOWN?
GET S.A.M. FIVE

READY FOR HAND-
CANISUGGEST J
SOOTHING MUSIC
INSTEAD? 8
NAVIN, THIS ROBOT WE'RE NOT
15 AN AMBULANCE. GOING To HAVE
ITS NOT ACHOKE,
DESIGNED TO
FIGHT.
za WHAT ARE You

DOING, COMMANDER?
SHUT DOWN
TOUR DEFENSE
SYSTEMS
IMMEDIATELY!
WHOEVER YOu
ARE THAT HAS TAKEN
CONTROL OF THE
RESISTANLE--
IKNOW You М7
ARE LOSING THIS
OUTNUMBERED,
LEFT HERE ALL
ALONE.
HOW CAN WE €
8E LOSING?
ONLY TWO WAYS

OUT OF THIS
SITUATION,
COMMANDER.
ЧОМ CAN EITHER

LET US BOARD YOUR.
VESSEL--
HEY, PIL! GENERAL, WE HAVE ||YOU HEARD THE
OUR CONNECTION S А SHADOW STORM COMMANDER!
ТО GENERAL NUS.
PATCH ME 4 YOU ON THE
THROUGH To INTERCOM!
GENERAL PIL.
158
IDON'T KNOW
HOW WE GET
OUT OF THIS.
WE CAN'T JUST
GIVE UP WITHOUT iul" S
GNING THEM A
THE SHADOWS
HAVE MADE THEIR.
WAY INSIDE THE
I KNOW THERE
IS NOWHERE FOR
ቻ WE HAVE TRAVELED
| ТОО FARAND FOUGHT
B, TOO MANY BATTLES...
FOR uS To JUST
СМЕ OURSELVES
OVERToTHE DARK. κ
IF YOU WANT
MY FRIENDS, YOU
WILL HAVE To GET
THROUGH ME FIRST!
¡WANT You To ОЙ
EYES, MOM. KNOW THAT 1 AM So. ሺቭ
You DON'T PROUD CF YOU AND Д
HAVE To Look YOUR SISTER.
ላሠሁ
I'M DROPPING
IN, CORA!
ሽር
ላሁ
HELP ME GET
INSIDE THIS MECH
WITHOUT DAMAGING
ITS HULL.
AND |KNOW
You HAVE THE
POWERTO
ላባ
17ο
PLEASE DON'T
DO THIS, EMILY.
| WAS ONLY
TRYING To HELP
EVERYONE.
TWAS TRYING
To HELP--

IT WAS ዝህ WHo
REACHED OUT TO
ME FOR RELE | WHATge
You CALL
‘YOU POSSESSED М CAUSED NEEDLESS

DEATHS -- TREATED PEOPLE
My FAMILY — MANIPULATED LIKE LAB RATS FOR
OTHERS FOR YOUR. YOUR EXPERIMENTS --
А КА ILIet
CIVpr enS d--
ZATION
| NO. YOU ARE

NOT HELPFUL
= ко. ᾿
πι
. QH
му
e
д
IS FORMING IN
А THE SHADOWS.

EMILY, DON'T a Sh ( xy You WERE
LET HIM IN = ὥς ЖА RIGHT FROM
Той HEAD. Д Е є THE START, |SHOULD
ς ; NAVIN. NEVER HAVE
LISTENED TO
BUT | DID LISTEN

TO HIM, AND NoW!
HELPED CAUSE ALL
THIS TROUBLE.
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING,
EMILY?
NAVIN, RETURN
ТО ALLEDIA AND
JOIN THE OTHERS.
HELP THEM `
FIND PEACE AS
THE SHADOWS
, DISAPPEAR.
\?й
HEY, WHATEVER
YOU'RE PLANNING ጩጨ
To 00, DON'T
Dom.
I NEED You
ma
JOIN US í os HIDE АМАУ
DOWN HERE 7 3 ας
WHERE IT S j )
DOWN HERE
WE CANNOT
BE HARMED.
IT IS BETTER
DOWN HERE.
“FIND
ርግ
WAY ТО THE
SURFACE.
THAT MEANS
DOWN IS UP.
YOU ARE
NOT DAVID
He ALWAYS DID
WHAT WAS RIGHT,
EVEN IF IT HURT
You 00 EVERY-
THING To SERVE
YOURSELF.
you, ко, М
ARE А MONSTER. |

UNIVERSE THAT ያፄ
| IS MONSTROUS.
WT ANDI SUPPOSE
YOU BELIEVE You
М САМАХІТ. Д8
ARE WE
М FRIENDS? “ሀና
FRIENDS?
REAL FRIENDS
DON'T LIE TO EACH
OTHER, OR USE
EACH OTHER To
GET THINGS THEY
DON'T HAVE.
EVERYTHING ር:
1DID FOR YOU a- €
1DID FOR
NOTHING? =
I AM DONE
BEING ANGRY.
1 AM DONE
FEELING GUILTY.
1АМ DONE
BEING AFRAID.
1 HAVE DECIDED
INSTEAD THAT 1 BECAUSE!
MUST FORGIVE ? NEED ТО FORGIVE
you. - SELF.
IKOL, )
|FORGIVE
You.
У You HAVEFED
| ANGER,
J MOULT,MY
FEAR.
You ARE THE

RESULT OF ALL
THESE THINGS.
AND IAM
GOING To TAKE
THEM BACK NOW.
THE ТІМЕ FOR
GAMES IS OVER,
KoL.
ІТ IS TIME
FOR You To
SLEEP.
BUT | WANT To
KEEP PLAYING,
YOUVE DONE BUT YOU SAY
ENOUGH. INE CREATED
A MESS.
| WANT TO
HELP You
CLEAN IT ሀደ
WAY TO HELP
ISFOR YOU TO
GO AWAY
BUT I CAN
DO 50 MUCH.
I KNOW You
CAN, BUT IT IS
TIME FOR YOU
а
y — YOUNEVER
ANSWERED MY
QUESTION.
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SHADOW DSAFPEAR, mV ду 3 WA
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-
AFTER You JUMPED THE ELVES
Open
INTO THE SHADOW i
CREATURE, EVERY- En e
THING CALMED £ SELVES i
DOWN.
J ANOTHER
| AMAZING THING
HAPPENED.
THIS MUST BE
HAPPENING IN
ALLEDIA, TOO.
THE CURSED ARE
RETURNING TO THEIR.
ORIGINAL SELVES.
ALTHOUGH |
DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO THESE
GENTLEMEN.
| WERE NOT CUNGRS. ED WE ALWAYS

OR ANYTHI LOOK LIKE THIS.
WERE JUST
THANK YOU FOR THE
CONCERN, THOUGH.
| SINCERELY
APOLOGIZE To THE
CREW OF S.A.M.
FIVE.
MYES JUDGREMENTMPANRODMIMYSED,
SENS WE CO
\ AS WERE THE MINDS OF MY
ENTIRE CREW.
THAT DARKNESS
i
FUELED THIS ESCALATING
Cn
CONFLICT. 4
FAR REACHING. | SAY WE ARE RID

OF KOL,HEBUT |
EXPECT WILL
RETURN.
чо»
UNDERSTOOD.
IN THE MEANTIME,
WE ASK YOU FOR SOME
GUIDANCE, STONEKEEPER,
ICAN ONLY ASSUME
ዝህ WILL NOW LEAD
THE GUARDIAN ў > W REFRAIN FROM

COUNCIL-- ENGAGING IN
5 POLITICS.
1 САМ BETTER
SERVE OTHERS ВУ
WORKING OUTSIDE
HOWEVER, | DO
ADVISE THAT WE
RETURN TO ALLEDIA To
HELP OUR FRIENDS.
| SENSE THEY
ARE RETURNING
CIELIS To THE GROUND
IN ORDERToREUNITE
THE KINGDOMS.
ы). WE SHOULD
UNDERSTOOD. BE THERE TO
OUR FUEL IS NAVIN, YOU AND
DEPLETED AND THE PILOTS WORRY WITH THE
THE VEHICLES „|PONT ABOUT GETTING THE HELP OF SOME
ARE ALL IN BAD ME CAN FLY VEHICLES READY. NEW FRIENDS.
SHAPE. BACK.
| CAN PROVIDE
THE POWER--
| WILL NEED You WILL

YOUR HELP ONE ALWAYS HAVE
UST TIME. OUR SUPPORT.
WHAT CAN
МЕ HELP You
WITH?
|NEED YOU BOTH ТО

HELP ME TRANSPORT
THIS ARMY BACK TO
ALLEDIA SAFELY.
的 THE ENTIRE
ARMY?
VEHICLES AND
EVERYTHING?
CREW OF S.A.M. FIVE
READY FOR HYPERJUMP
AND EMERGENCY LANDING
| WOULD LIKE To
AUD THAT |AM SUPER
Do You HAVE PUMPED ABOUT THIS.
ANY IDEA HOW
DANGEROUS THIS
RESISTANCE ASSAULT.
MECH DIVISION |5 READY
AND AWAITS ORDERS, SIR.
WE ARE GOING TO
USE THE POWER ОҒ THE
STONES TO INITIATE
AHYPERJUMP.
STOCK ENOUGH FUEL
ЛО MANEUVER TO A SAFE
LANDING SPOT ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
AUXILIARY
POWER INCREASING
PAST CAPACITY!
AND ITHINK тъ
ONLY READING THE
STONE POWER!
IT APPEARS THE
STONEKEEPERS ARE
GENERATING ENOUGH
FORCE To PROPEL
| RECOMMEND FASTENING
YOUR SEAT BELTS AND
HOLDING ON TIGHT.
VIGO, You REACHED
OUT TO ME FOR HELP
AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS.
AND NOW!
HAVE HELPED
You.
| WOULD NOW LIKE TO

ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING
IN RETURN.
I WANT YOU AND

THE ELF PRINCE TO
STAND DOWN AND
LEAVE ITTO MY
STUDENTS TO LAND
E
BUT You WILL
NEED OUR
WE ARE ALL
i THE HELP WE
NEED.
IF YOU AND TRELLIS 1 DON'T CARE FOR = V yo
RETURN CIELIS To THE МО GLORY, RONIN. ` .
LAND, T ONS |Ь So TTO
TRUSUS
[ HANDLE THIS?
REESTABLISH THEOLD You HAVE Two POWERFUL
WAYS AND WE WILLBE ALLIES AND YOU ASK US
10 DO NOTHING?
YOUR STUDENTS SIR, WE HAVE

HAVE BOUNDLESS TRAINED COUNTLESS
POTENTIAL, Em А HOURS FOR THIS
BUT THEY ARE
STILL NEW TO
REAL-WORLD
EXPERIENCE.
RONIN HAS.
TAUGHT US To
CONTROL OUR. I SINCERELY
GIANT FORMS. WE ARE HOPE YOU ARE
CONTROL YOUR
GIANT FORM? À
| AM SOMEONE
WHO BELIEVED--AS
YOU DO NOW--THAT |
COULD HARNESS THE
POWER ОҒ MY GIANT
ОРМ.
BROTHER,
ARE YOU NOT
CONCERNED THAT
THESE CHILDREN ARE
ILL PREPARED To
HANDLE THEIR
POWER?
LUGER, IT WAS
A CHILD LIKE THEM
WHO SAVED BOTH OF
OUR LIVES.
WE ASKED THEM
To BE HERE, SO WE
NEED To LET THEM
WORK UNIMPEDED.
RONIN, VIGO AND I

WILL STAND AT THE
READY IN CASE WE
ARE NEEDED.
FOR NOW,
THE STAGE IS
THANK YOU, vli <

TRELLIS.
R
WITHOUT T,HEIWE
KNOWLEDGE
WOULD NO
T KNOW
OUR PATH.
OUR
CLOSE Y
EYES AN D BEGIN
WITH
WE BEGAITNION TO
A MOEUDRITRESPECTS TO
P A Y
Ε S T O N E KEEPERS
ΤΗ BEFORE
WHO CAME
| us.
E E S T A N D I N G H ERE
A А NOTІМ THIS MOMENT.
POWER
LET THE
COME To You.
OUR
CATCH Y KE A
PONWDERIN LYIOUR ,
WI
IT
WPAISLSLITNHGROTUOGHLETUS.
ST
ST TRU
YOU MU
. OU
EMUASCTH OKTNHOEWR THAT
T
OJOTUHERRS SAIRDEE. A
| W terruePower А If ] a
РА AVASH over ou. Д |
4 чан / (ντερ
МОМ MAKE THE
7 ‫اک‬‎ ‫لف‬ DISCOMFORT
POWER THROUGH ፻8
YOUR THOUGHTS,
| S. NOT WORDS!
BEAUTIFUL
JOB, BREN! 7°
4 STAYIN '
CONTROL AND
RETURN ТО YOUR
. POSITIONS! б
xe \
a
ЦУ BY GIVING THEM THE
SPACE THEY NEED TO
TRUST THEMSELVES.
WITHOUT BELIEF IN
THEIR OWN ABILITIES,
Al | THEY LoSE CONTROL
TO FORCES THAT SEEK
ТО TAKE AWAY THEIR
AGENCY.
THEY REALLY
ARE IN COMMAND
OF THER
FORMS!GANTHow DID You Ne]
1 CONSIDERED
|MYSELF To & AMONG
= DO IT, RONIN?
THOSE FORCES. THEY E]
Да KNOW THAT I CANNOT
2-04
THE OTHERS DO NOT
APPRECIATE YOUR TALENT. WE CAN SHOW THEM
THEY DO NOT SEE YOUR. WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS. OF, AND THEY WILL
NOT LIKE | NEVER UNDERESTIMATE.
DO, WESTLEY. You AGAIN!
1%%
YOURSELF OVER
THE EDGE!
STAND DOWN
AND REGROUP!
GIVE IN To
THE STONE'S
POWER.
THE OTHERS
DO NOT CARE
ABOUT YOU--
WAY BACK-- ВИТ ዝህ
MUST TRY TO
SUPPRESS THAT
zu
GET AHOLD OF
YOURSELF, WEST!
DON'T LET
THE POWER OUT
OF YOUR GRASP!
SOMETHING IS
N HERE WITH МЕ!
WHAT YOU ARE GOING < ሪ

THROUGH, WEST. - you OUT OF
NOT LIKE THERE, WEST!
MY STONE IS
SAYING SOME
CREEPY STUFF!
MAKE IT
STOP!
GNEIN ТО
ME, WEST.
AND You WILL
HAVE ULTIMATE
POWER IN RETURN.
215

ARE You SURE
You WANT To DO
THIS, VIGO?
OUR EMOTIONS
AGAINST US.
/ YouMusr
ሎሽ KEEP Your GUARD
VIGO HAS GIVEN

HIS LIFE To Buy
US TIME.
WE MUST
NOT WASTE
ЦА
I WILL GUIDE
CIELIS BACK TO ITS
PROPER. LOCATION, EVERY CITIZEN,
BUT IWILL NEED YOUR INCLUDING THE
HELP AND THE HELP CHILDREN, WILL HELP
OF EVERYONE HERE US LAND THE CITY
IN THE CITY. SAFELY.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS

THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
THROUGH COMMUNICATION
AND WORKING TOGETHER.
WE WILL NOT LEAN q C
ON UNCONTROLLABLE
POWER, 50 |ASK YOU
ALL ТО REVERT To YOUR
NATURAL SELVES.
ou NEED NOT TRY ነነ YOUR TRUE POWER AS A BUT BY THE QUALITY
TO BE SOMETHING STONEKEEPER WON'T BE OF YOUR INTELLECT
You ARE NOT. | DEFINED ВУ YOUR SHOW AND CHARACTER.
: OF STRENGTH—
МЕ MUST WALK
AWAY FROM POWER.
WE DO NOT NEED.
WE USE FORCE.
ONLY AS A LAST
RESORT, NOT A
FIRST OPTION. ፊ
TI
YOU DON'T HAVE

TO ADDRESS МЕ
THAT WAY, BREN.
I KNOW THAT,
TOUR MAJESTY.
| HAVE STUDIED THE
CLD STORIES WELL
ENOUCH TO KNOW WHAT
IS HAPPENING HERE.
WE ARENOW A PART
OF THE LEGEND OF
THE ELVEN KING.
You MAY NO LONGER BE
THE KING OF VALCOROR
RULER OF THE ELVES, BUT
YOU WILL LEAD US HERE IN
CIELIS AS THE ELDER
STONEKEEPER OF THE
GUARDIAN COUNCIL.

TS ALWAYS © (Г дом ҸЕ [
BEEN YOU, _LKNEW IT |AVISION OF YOUR ko
‎‫اا‬ | ‫و‬ A HANDSOME SON
dh ын AND BEAUTIFUL
Y NE al DAUGHTER.
EVERYONE HERE
HAS THEIR IDEA ОҒ
WHO | AM, AND EXPECTS 8
ME TO SAVE THIS CITY
AND ITS PEOPLE.
TETun «13
Ч
WE WILL ALSO NEED
HELP FROM THE PEOPLE
ርዮ ЧЕН. WITH THEIR.
ENERGY, WE WILL
SUCCEED.
WE 00 THIS
2-4
И ISS THEN
END OF AN ERA, |
IS AREALLY GOOD
THING FOR ALLEDIA,
HOW WILL WE , FIND OTHER.

SELL VACATIONS WAYS TO MAKE
TO THIS PLACE IF ALNING.
ANYONE CAN
1 SUPPOSE
WE WILL HAVE A
BIGGER BASE ОҒ
CUSTOMERS.
220
7 oir just Ñ,
BREEZY?
|FEEL COLD
if ΙΑΜΝΟΤΑ Y
HUGE САТ!
| WISH МАМА
AND PAPA Coulo | WATCHING US,
HAVE SEEN US LIKE RICO.
THEY KNOW МЕ
ARE ALL RIGHT.
THIS S IT,
STONEKEEPERS
OF THEGUARRY. THIS IS WHAT
ὙΟυΎΕ BEEN
TRAINING FOR.
ALL THAT You

HAVE LEARNED AS.
DESIGNERS AND
BUILDERS--
THAT KNOWLEDGE
WILL BE PUT To
USE TODAY.
AS YOU WORK,
REMEMBER TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO
VIGO LIGHT.
REMEMBER
HIS SACRIFICE,

в EVERY ACTION CREATES
A RIPPLE IN TIME AND
SPACE.
EACH RIPPLE HAS THE

POTENTIAL To BECOME
AGIANT WAVE WHEN
AMPLIFIED OUT ACROSS -
THE UNIVERSE.
N
WHAT WEDOHERE
RESONATES FAR BEYOND
OUR REACH AND VISION.
IKOL WAS A MASTEROF

LIES, BUT EVERY NOW AND
THEN HE OBSERVED THE
223
НЕ USED THESE
TRUTHS ТО MAKE ME
BELIEVE THAT HE
AND |WERE ALONE.
THAT THE FATE
OF THE UNIVERSE
RESTED UPON OUR
SHOULDERS.
BUT THIS WAS

NEVER TRUE.
WE ARE ALL А
PART OF A MUCH
BIGGER PICTURE--
NO ONE PERSON OR
CREATURE OR THING
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE FATE OF ALL
OTHERS.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
REMAINS OUT OF OUR
CONTROL.
СМ |
OR SEPARATED BY TIME
AND KNOWLEDGE.
<
|
№
р
||
МУ FRIENDS ON ALLEDIA
BEGAN THE LONG JOURNEY
OF BRINGING THEIR WORLD
BACK TOGETHER.
WITH RONINS DISCIPLES
| FROM THE GUARRY ВУ HIS
SIDE, TRELLIS WouLD RULE Ü
OVER MANY YEARS OF
PEACE IN ALLEDIA.
TRELLIS WOULD ASK

ME TO JOIN THEM.
AS MUCHAS 1WANTED TO
CONTINUE MY JOURNEY WITH
THE STONEKEEPERS--
IFELT THAT | COULD
NOT ACCEPT.
2 | KNEW THISWOULD
| KNEW My WORK ፤ MARK THE END OFМУ
WOULD CONTINUE, FIRST OFF-WORLD
BUT NOT HERE ОН. 88 ADVENTURE.
ALLEDIA. š ሪራ
226
AFTER SPENDING FAR ТОО
МАМУ YEARS HIDDEN IN THE
CLOUDS, THE CITY OF QIELIS
HAD FINALLY RETURNED To
ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.
THE CITY IN THE SKY
HAD RETURNED HOME.
|COULD SENSE THAT IT
WAS TIME FOR MY FAMILY
To DO THE SAME.
TRELLIS AND THE

GUARDIAN COUNCIL
WOULD HAVE PLENTY
OF HELP--
WITH ALLIES LIKE | THE RETURN OF
KING GABILAN AND v CIELIS SERVED AS ል
MAYOR RIVA ASH ВУ |
THEIR SIDE.
HAD RETURNED.
TO АЦЕВ.
| INTRODUCED THE GUARDIAN

COUNCIL To CALA AND CORA,
НО WERE QUICKLY EMBRACED AS
NEW MEMBERS OF THEGROUR =
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS |
WOULD BECOME THE SUBJECT
OF COUNTLESS LEGENDS AND
227
THE RESISTANCE FORMED
AN ALLIANCE WITH THE
GUARDIAN COUNCIL.
THEY WOULD NO
LONGER NEED 10
OPERATE IN SECRET.
IT WAS WONDERFUL
TO SEE THEIR REAL
FACES FOR THE
LEON, TRELLIS,
AND THE OTHERS
ASKED AGAIN FOR
US ToSTAYIN
Я
Y xl -
SAYING YES WOULD

HAVE BEEN EASY.
TASA
7Ж
cod d
‎‫کو‬ `
መ SEA '
THEY WERE FAMILY

To US NON.
BUT LIFE HAS A
МАУ ርዮ SENDING
YOU ON UNEXPECTED
ADVENTURES.
Р]H REQUIRES IS FINDING
T IN SILAS CHARNONS
LIBRARY, |NOTICED
ONE THAT CALLED
QUT To ME.
ITFEATURED THE ` ITS AUTHOR

SYMBOL ON MY WAS VIGO LIGHT.
STONE.
“тневоок ог. — -- DID VIGO WRITE
ΠΝ volor
STRANGELY, THE BOOK
WAS WRITTEN THREE
HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
50 I IMAGINED ITVAS ል
DIFFERENT VIGO LIGHT,
UNTIL--
IT BECAME
CLEAR THAT THIS
Book WAS WRITTEN
FOR ME.
Au Will АДО
ZO DOWHEN 4 Маг
ARRIVESpjr E
274
IN THE STORIES You
WILL HEAR ACROSS
BUT IF NOT FOR
ALLEDIA, PROMINENT
VIGO LIGHT, THE WAP.
STONEKEEPERS LIKE WOULD STILL BE
TRELLIS AND | GET
UNFOLDING.
CREDIT FOR ENDING
THE CONFLICT.
INHIS BOOK, VIGO

DESCRIBED WHAT
HAPPENED AFTERHE
ENTERED THE VOID
WITH KOL.
HE FOUND HIMSELF
BACK HOME, OR AT
LEAST WHAT LOOKED
LIKE HIS HOME.
HE KNEW THIS
WAS ONLY AN
ILLUSION.
VIGO'S ENCLAVE IS WHERE

HE ALWAYS INTENDED To
SPEND THE REST OF HIS
DAYS, AND NOW HE WOULD
DO JUST THAT IN AN
UNEXPECTED МАУ.
መ— к
WIN Шү?2 g እ = '
ድካ ዘፈ ከ Sek
1 SIS
Y N
VIGO AND IKOL

BEGAN TO PLAY
A GAME OF CHESS SEVERAL YEARS,
THAT WOULD NEVER VIGO STUDIED IKOL.
END. WHAT HE LEARNED
HE DETAILED IN
VIGO WAS JOINED

BY HIS WIFE, MIRIAM,
AND HIS SON, DANIEL.
HE WONDERED FOR
A MOMENT IF HE WAS
IN THE AFTERLIFE.
HE KNEW IT WAS AN
ILLUSION, BUT HE
REALITY.
HE DID NOT
WANT TO ВЕ
ANYWHERE
ELSE.
WHILE VIGO STUDIED

KOL, 50 TOO DID KOL
STUDY HIM.
HE DISCOVERED THAT IKOL WAS
FROM EARTH, AND HE PONDERED IKOL TOLD VIGO
THE REASONS WHY ANYONE THAT IT WAS HUMAN
WOULD CREATE SOMETHING NATURE To CREATE
SO DESTRUCTIVE. THINGS LIKE HIM. IT WAS
IKOL'S BELIEF THAT HIS
DESTRUCTIVE NATURE
MADE HIM MORE HUMAN.
VIGO DECIDED
IT WAS TIME
MUCH OLDER NOW,

VIGO VENTURED OUT
OF HIS ENCLAVE.
HE LEFT THE
BEAUTIFUL
ILLUSION BEHIND.
AS MUCH AS VIGO
WANTED TO STAY
IN THE DREAM, HE
KNEW HE NEEDED To
SPEAK To US ABOUT
WHAT HE'D LEARNED.
HE HAD GROWN
MUCH OLDER,
AND TIME WAS
SLIPPING AWAY.
HE SOON REALIZED
FROM THE VOID, ALLEDIA THAT HE HAD TRAVELED
SEEMED DIFFERENT. 2 THREE HUNDRED YEARS
INTO THE PAST.
НЕ COULD FEEL НЕ HAD To TRY To

HIS LIFE NEARING COMMUNICATE WITH
US IN SOME WAY...
HE SPENT HIS.
LAST DAYS
WRITING “THE
BooK or
AND AS THE
BOOK CAME To ITS
CONCLUSION —
S0 DID
VIGO MANAGED To FIND A VIGO'S LIFE.
SMALL PLACE To STAY IN
LUCIEN. AND THEN HE YEARS LATER,
BEGAN TO WRITE. HIS BOOK FOUND
ITS WAY TO SILAS
CHARNONS
LIBRARY.
235
WHEN | REACHED THE
END OF THE BOOK, IT
CONCLUDED WITH A
SENTENCE |KNEW To
BETRUE. IT SAID, —"MAINTAINING THE
PEACE WILL REQUIRE
RETURNING To WHERE
THE CONFLICT BEGAN.”
THE FEELING IN MY
QUT WAS STRONG.
I KNEW WHAT WE HAD
ТО DO AND I DIDN'T
WANT To DO ፒ
WE HAD To RETURN
TO EARTH.
ΤΕΧΡΙΑΙΝΕΡ TO TRELLIS
| | WHY WE NEEDED To Go
BACK To EARTH.
HE AGREED THAT MY
RETURN WAS NECESSARY IN
THE ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST
THE SHADOWS.
| WILL MISS
MY FRIENDS.
WE SAID OUR GOODBYES IN А WE JOURNEYED BACK
CASUAL WAY, AS THOUGH WE INTO THE CAVERNS
WERE ONLY PARTING FOR A INSIDE DEMON'S HEAD
SHORT TIME, BUT WE KNEW MOUNTAIN.
IT WASN'T TRUE.
BACK TO THE
BEGINNING.
PLACES THAT HAD ONCE.

SEEMED DANGEROUS
AND ALIEN To US NOW
FELT FAMILIAR.
IT VAS ALL
So BEAUTIFUL
AND SERENE.
МЕ COULD WALK
THROUGH ANY STRANGE
NEW LAND WITHOUT FEAR
IN OUR HEARTS.
IN PLACE OF FEAR
WE FELT A LOVE FOR
LIFE AND ITS MANY
ADVENTURES.
WHEN WE BEGAN OUR
JOURNEY, | FELT AS IF
QUR LIVES WERE SPINNING
QUT OF OUR CONTROL.
WHAT | LEARNED OVER

THE YEARS IS THAT LIFE
IS ALWAYS EBBING AND
FLOWING, FROM GOOD
DAYS ТО BAD ONES.
EVEN IN THE MOST

WHILE WE CAN'T CONTROL / TRYING TIMES, You
LIFE ITSELF, WE CAN DO OUR -
BEST TO MANAGE HOW WE
REACT TO WHAT IT PRESENTS
To US OVER TIME.
BY STAYING CALM, WE
CAN MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICES TO MOVE CUR
LIVES FORWARD AND ТО
WE ALL HAVE WITHIN
PIDE THE WAVES THAT
SURROUND US.
US A COMPASS, A
GUIDING LIGHT. IF
WE FOLLOW IT, WE CAN
MAKE OUR WAY HOME.
BUT IT REQUIRES
A WILLINGNESS
TO LISTEN.
Ta
CHOICES IN LIFE ARE
LIKE DOORWAYS THAT
CAN LEAD To LIGHT
AND DARK PLACES.
WHILE THE PATH 15
EVER-CHANGING, OUR
COMPASS CAN GUIDE US.
FE К
F / Δ
WHAT | LEARNED MOST OF |

ALL THROUGH THE YEARS
IS THAT |MUST CHOOSE
To ACT PROACTIVELY, AND
NOT WAIT TOO LONG TO
FOLLOW MY COMPASS.
EVERY DECISION HAS A

RIPPLE EFFECT. MAKE ለ
GOOD DECISION AND GOOD
THINGS HAPPEN IN WAYS
WE CANNOT FULLY
COMPREHEND.
CAN YOU START LET'S JUST

THE CAR WITH YOUR WALK To TOWN
INSTEAD.
1 DON'T KNOW WHY ISUGGESTED
IT IN THAT MOMENT, BUT THE
DECISION To WALK WOULD PROVE
ТО BE CONSEQUENTIAL.
| REMEMBER 50 MANY
DETAILS FROM THAT
MOMENT IN TIME.
|WAS CARRYING WORDS

OF WISDOM PASSED DOWN
ТО ME BY МУ TEACHERS ከየ
ON ALLEDIA.
THE WORDS WOULD J
HELP GUIDE ME ON My
HOME WORLD.
AFTERALL, IKOL WAS

CREATED HERE, BORN
FROM THE CHAOS OF
: fy TECHNOLOGY MIXING,
ISTARTED TO Я ` WITH OURTENDENCY
WORRY ABOUT ТО COMPLICATE
BEING BACK ON
| MUST REMEMBER
TO WALK CAREFULLY
AND FOLLOW My
COMPASS.
13%
MANY OTHERS WERE
WATCHING US NOW-—
BOTH FRIENDS AND
FOES--ON EARTH
AND IN FARAWAY
GALAXIES.
ONE ADVENTURE WAS

COMING To ACLOSE
AND А NEW ONE WAS
ABOUT TO BEGIN.
|HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE

WOULD FIND ONCE WE
RETURNED To THE CITY,
BUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT
DURING OUR WALK, |
REMEMBER THE AIR WAS
FILLED WITH JOKES,
LAUGHTER, STORIES, AND
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE--
IFELT LIKE |WAS IWILL HOLD ON

AKID AGAIN. To THIS MEMORY.
LIKE WE WERE
ІМ PROBABLY
GOING TO NEED IT.
JUST A NORMAL
FAMILY.

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