#also I like that kaede despite being a paladin main

[dawnslight-aegis]

9. fair

“Why must she be the one? Why must she fight alone?”

In Alisaie’s desperate railing against reality, Kaede heard the echoes of a little girl screaming that it’s not fair, why should she lose the people she love, over and over and over again? The same screams that had been locked in Kaede’s heart since her father and sister had disappeared in the pre-dawn light of Dravania, that had only grown in frequency and volume over the years, if she had but stopped to listen to them.

But if Kaede had learned anything in her life, it was that there was no such thing as fair. Not in all Etheirys, not even in the Ancient world with its ideals of equality and conformity.

There was no fairness, no justice, no honor. But there was truth. There was mercy. There was love.

These were the things worth fighting for, worth enduring for. Even when everything seemed hopeless. Even when the weight on her shoulders threatened to bring her to her knees.

So she stood, and she took the first step forward.