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{{Chapter
 | title = Schism
 | characters = 
* [[Chirinide Val'Kyorl'solenurn]]
* [[Shan'naal Val'Kyorl'solenurn]]
 | locations = 
 | factions = 
* [[Val'Kyorl'solenurn]]
 | sidestories =
* [[A Tale of Colonies#Part II|A Tale of Colonies - Part II]]
}}

[[Category:Can be featured]]
<section begin=feature />Conflicts within the [[Val'Kyorl'solenurn]] start breaking out after Shimi’lande is assassinated, giving rise to a new, more aggressive Ill’haress.<section end=feature />
 
==Summary==
===Schism===
====The Val'Dutan'vir====
As Sker and Minka reminisce about the past, they and several other members of the fallen [[Val'Dutan'vir]] who have found their way to the [[Val'Sarghress]] clan have gotten together as they attempt to take back their former home, now under the control of the Kyorl'solenurn.

====Their Anguish====
[[Chiri]] finishes penning a letter and asks her servant [[Petri'cho]] to deliver it, warning her to not let the Judicators see her. However, after the servant left, an assassin arrives, killing Chiri. And then Chiri wakes up from her vision. She has been seeing several such horrifying visions of late, and it worries her. As she attempts to calm herself down through training, [[Zewryel]] who was with her notices her stress before Chiri hears a commotion near the outer walls of the Kyorl'solenurn territory. As [[Shan]] and [[Re'van]] return looking despondent, Chiri attempts to cheer Shan up. When her initial attempt failed, she wears a dress and takes Shan out for lunch, an act which Shan appreciates.

====Lunch====
As they walk together to the restaurant, Shan tells her that as they were building the wall, the commoners protested, making their supervising [[Cas'nilhus Kyorl'solenurn|Judicator]] angry and he ordered them killed, provoking outrage from the commoners as they threw stones at Shan and his companions. Last Shan heard, some of the commoners went to the Sarghress for help. Chiri tells him some good news as she received word of the Order of Serenity successfully parleying with Vanaheimr and Vanaheimr has sent an ambassador.

However, they overhear a discussion between [[Eclavdiira]], [[Lythn]] and [[Kale'shido]] about the Sarghress Troops who attacked the Dutan'vir fortress despite it being currently Kyorl'solenurn territory. After gaining clarification from them, Chiri decides to speak with [[Shimi'lande]], but before they could leave the restaurant, they see a large group of Inquisitors. Chiri takes time to change into her Warden armor before going to see Shimi'lande. The Inquisitors [[Ari'nara]] and [[Tar'shay]] then arrive asking Chiri to follow them.

====Shimi'lande's Death====
The Inquisitors take Chiri and Shan to Judicator [[Cas'nilhus]] whom Shan identified to Chiri as the Judicator who ordered him to kill the commoners. As they walk together, Chiri feels visions of someone being tortured. At their destination, two of the other Seers, [[Yakuise]] and [[Chime]] were already there, with one other Seer missing. Chiri was shocked to see Shimi'lande dead. Judicator [[Kyuusei]] states his belief that it was [[Kiel]] who assassinated her. Though Chiri now understands her vision of someone being murdered by someone who looked Kiel, she doubts it was her as she knows Kiel would have been more blatant.

====Petri'cho's Torture====
The missing Seer, [[Merril'lin]] was with Templar [[Mal'ligr]] and a commoner [[Sativah]] as they searched for the tortured prisoner that Merril'lin saw in her visions. Mal'ligr takes out the guard [[Miner'a]] and they enter the torture room to see Petri'cho being tortured by [[Rafal'za]]. As Merril'lin and Mal'ligr stop the torture, Rafal'za attempt to justify herself by saying it was an interrogation in a murder investigation while Petri'cho explains the Orders stopped her from trying to deliver Shimi'lande's letter. Rafal'za told them what was on the message, being the concession of all territory previously held by the Val'Dutanvir to the Val'Sarghress-[[Val'Sullisin'rune]] alliance.

====Announcements====
At the gathering of clan members, after listing her virtues, Kyuusei announced Shimi'lande's death, saying they will unleash retribution on the [[Vel'Vloz'ress]] for killing her and adding that they will also seek revenge on the [[Val'Sarghress]] for attacking their territory. Kyuusei then announced Shimi'lande's replacement, the eleventh Holy Mother [[Valla'drielle]].

However, this was met with protest by two members of the Holy Lance, [[Belph'aegor]] and [[Thral'lin]] who had seen Shimi'lande's intended replacement at the Order of Serenity outpost. They demanded to know why she wasn't summoned. Kyuusei justifies the Judicators' choice stating Valla'drielle is strong while Shimi'lande's choice is untested. He then states the Seers will vouch for Valla'drielle, and pressured as they were by the Judicators, Yakuise, Chime and Chiri all vouch for the Judicators' choice, but Belph'aegor and Thral'lin remain unconvinced.

====Schism====
After Shimi'lande's funeral, Chiri and Shan head to where Chiri was first found by the Kyorl'solenurn, where Shimi left her a letter. [[Ky'ovarde]] and [[Lysire'indris]] make themselves known, demanding to know what was on the letter. Chiri replies that it was simply advice to follow her own path. Lysire'indris didn't believe her while Ky'ovarde simply asks whether Chiri and Shan was with them or against them. They answer neither. Lysire'indris and Ky'ovarde them leave.

At the Judicators' meeting room, a shocked [[Shinhwa]] reports to Kyuusei that Cas'nilhus was attacked and dragged of. The other Judicators are concerned about the situation but Kyuusei isn't. He knows Cas'nilhus won't talk and had already arranged for Petri'cho to be tainted to destroy her credibility. Kyuusei decided to use this as an excuse to purge the former members of the Dutan'vir within the Kyorl'solenurn, believing the other members of the Kyorl'solenurn will obey. However, Belph'aegor didn't and frees all the imprisoned Dutan'vir.

As Kyuusei then goes to talk with [[Kousei]] to send him to hunt Shimi'lande's presumed murderer, Kousei's order was already going to meet him to kill him for his wrongdoings. Lysire'indris and Miner'a hold of his bodyguards while Ky'ovarde kills him by throwing him onto spikes. Kousei and Chime witnessed this and Chime bows in gratitude to him.

Later, at the Slaver District the Sarghress recently captured, Chiri and Shan meets [[Ariel]] and [[Faen]] asking to go with them to the Old World.

===A Tale of Colonies - Part II===
====Scouting The Colony====
As [[Skwerk]] scouts the colony of Dariya'ko, she finds [[Ilmssyn]] being tortured by [[Kio'nel]] for information. Ilmssyn refuses to give out information but Kio'nel guessed correctly that there are others and placed the [[Black Sun]] patrols on high alert. Skwerk returns to [[Vaelia]] to report to her where Ilmssyn is held. [[Syrak]] confirms her location with his goggles.

====Infiltration====
Based on intel from Skwerk and [[Sama'ki]], the Highland Raiders form their plan. [[Suren]] gives the order for Vaelia to free Ilmssyn, reasoning she has the best chance of making it undetected while [[Nacht]] kills the guards they encounter. Vaelia makes it to Ilmssyn and frees her.

====Chaos In The Colony====
Suren and Syrak attempt to open the gates but encounter problems, including Kio'nel being alerted to their presence and he confronts the Raiders on his dragon. Ilmssyn decides to use mana grenades and succeed in opening the gates that way, allowing the slaves in the colony to seek freedom. Kio'nel attempts to stop them by with the Black Sun but the Highland Raiders kill the Black Sun who obeyed. Sami'ka joins the fleeing slaves. As the slaves and the Highland Raiders escape, Suren remains behind to allow them all the best chance of making it.

====Sarghress Epilogue====
The Highland Raiders and most of the slaves made it back to their rendezvous point, where they received a hero's welcome and learned their actions set the stage for [[Quain'tana]] herself to attack the colony. They celebrated their success while also mourning their Suren's loss. After making it back to Machike, the slaves with them were given freedom and most stayed in Machike to become productive members of the colony. Sami'ka was also joined by her lover [[Jens]] from Chel.

====Sharen Epilogue====
Kio'nel returns to Chel to report to [[Sarv'swati]] to report what happened to Dariya'ko, dreading her reaction. However, after giving his report, a messenger arrives bringing urgent news that a massive Sarghress force attacked the colony which Kio'nel knew nothing of. Angered at his failure, Sarv'swati attacks him with great brutality before killing him on the spot.

==Characters==
===Schism===
====Main Characters====
{{CharacterList
 | Chirinide Val'Kyorl'solenurn
 | Shan'naal Kyorl'solenurn
}}

====Clan Leaders====
{{CharacterList
 | Shimi'lande Val'Kyorl'solenurn
 | Cas'nihlus Kyorl'solenurn
 | Kousei Kyorl'solenurn
 | Kyuusei Kyorl'solenurn
 | Obaja Kyorl'solenurn
 | Sek'kyou Kyorl'solenurn
 | Valla'drielle Val'Kyorl'solenurn
}}

====Supporting Characters====
{{CharacterList
 | Ari'nara Kyorl'solenurn
 | Ariel Val'Sarghress
 | Belph'aegor Kyorl'solenurn
 | Chime Val'Kyorl'solenurn
 | Eclavdiira'olin Kyorl'solenurn
 | El'ysia Kyorl'solenurn
 | Faen'arae Val'Sullisin'rune
 | Kale'shido Kyorl'solenurn
 | Khaless Vel'Sharen
 | Ky'ovarde Kyorl'solenurn
 | Lysire'indris Kyorl'solenurn
 | Lythn Kyorl'solenurn
 | Mal Kyorl'solenurn
 | Merril'lin Kyorl'solenurn
 | Miner'a Kyorl'solenurn
 | Minka Sann'ligr Val'Dutan'vir
 | Petri'cho Kyorl'solenurn
 | Rafal'za Kyorl'solenurn
 | Re'van Kyorl'solenurn
 | Sati'vah Kyorl'solenurn
 | Sker'ligr Val'Dutan'vir
 | Shinhwa Kyorl'solenurn
 | Tab'irrie Kyorl'solenurn
 | Tar'shay Kyorl'solenurn
 | Thral'lin Kyorl'solenurn
 | Woas'ned Kyorl'solenurn
 | Yakuise Val'Kyorl'solenurn
 | Zewryel Kyorl'solenurn
}}

===Characters - A Tale of Colonies===
====Highland Raiders====
{{CharacterList
 | Vaelia
 | Ilmssyn Sarghress
 | Nacht Sarghress
 | Quill'yate Yurun'hiir Sarghress
 | Suren Sarghress
 | Syrak Sarghress
}}

====Vel'Sharen====
{{CharacterList
 | Kio'nel Sharen
 | Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen
}}

====Other====
{{CharacterList
 | Akhkhazu "Skwerk"
 | Esuni
 | Hada Siyah'khorshed
 | Jens
 | Kenro
 | Nihemo
 | Sama'ki
}}