Summerstream and Ezekiel Stalker snuck into Lucretia's castle yesterday night. They journeyed through the garden, cave and basement, eventually making it to the main room. There, they encountered strange porings, apparently the subjects of experiments. Some of Lucretia's fairy allies tried to stop the two, but were beaten down swiftly.
The duo found Lucretia in the dining room, which had been redecorated to be reminiscent of Fairyland. The fae jumped to conclusions as usual, thinking the two were there to kill her, but they stated they only wanted to talk. After presenting Lucretia with the salve prepared by Pixie, Ezekiel and Summerstream explained to the wingless fae the possibility that Cynbel might be the one who damaged her wings. They asked her to try to remember everything before and after the incident with her wings, to which she agreed.
According to Lucretia, she met Jin during a massive feast held by the fairies after the rebuilding of Fairyland. Months later they were a couple. Cynbel, Lucretia's childhood friend, had feelings for her, and was apparently jealous. Eventually the two grew distant, only seeing each other during a meeting held twice a year between humans and fae.
During one of these meetings, Cynbel confessed to Lucretia he still loved her, as she exited the washroom. He asked her to abandon everything and run away with him, to which she declined. Jin was listening in on the conversation, as well as someone else. She didn't notice who the other eavesdropper was, but she figured it was Navi looking for topics to gossip about.
That night, Jin and Lucretia had a horrible fight, but they soon patched things up and went to sleep. When the fairy woke up, her wings had been ripped out. She noticed a piece of wing in her lover's hand, but the man wouldn't wake up. Assumed he was still recovering from the previous night's hangover, Lucretia waited until he came to his senses to question him about the betrayal.
Once Jin woke up, Lucretia accused him of damaging her wings. He denied everything, saying she was just looking for excuses to leave him for Cynbel. Overcome with the sorrow and anger of the betrayal, she killed him. The rest, was history.
Summerstream decided to stay with Lucretia to make sure the salve would work on her wings as intended. Once Ezekiel was warped out, Summer was shown to her room, and the hours passed.
Then, in the dead of night, the unexpected happened.
A blood-curdling scream pierced through the hallways. As Summer ran to Lucretia to find out what was going on, she was attacked by what seemed to be a clone of herself. She struck the look-alike down, and watched as it disappeared into thin air, not before offering an ominous statement.
Lucretia sent her people after Summerstream, who chose to stay and explain the situation rather than flee. But the fairy wouldn't listen.
Apparently, Cynbel had been gravely injured by Summerstream. The turn of events led Lucretia to believe that she and Ezekiel were placing the blame on Cynbel to make Jin seem innocent, so that Lucretia would trust the humans once again. For this, she
imprisoned Summerstream at the highest point of the tower, with no food or water.
Lucretia will force Summerstream to jump off herself to end the hunger and dehydration.
(Monday August 10 at 8:00 PM server time. The heroes will travel through Lucretia's castle to save Summerstream. It is up to the heroes to choose whether to fight Lucretia, visit Cynbel in his prison cell, or flee.
Careful planning and plotting is recommended, for this will affect the course of the HeRO storyline.)