River spent the next years wildly, ragingly, fighting the Roaring King in confrontational magical battles, aiding escapees and giving them tailsmans for protection, and doing whatever she could to progress the cause.
Leonard and Thomas also freed and helped free person after person, giving them protective stones and helping them be happy in their new lives. Thomas's plays also helped bring a couple of people from the new generation of overpriviledged snobs onto the good side.
Escapees in turn helped other people escape.
It was like emptying the ocean with a cup but at least it was something.
They were a very tight-knit community together and always helped each other out. Yes, there were a lot of things in their lives and their relationships they could improve upon, but they were willing to find and work towards progress.
Change, in Coralivia, was moving slow. But people beleived in it. And everyone was doing everything they could. And Leonard could feel the gentle summer breeze of change slowly picking up speed.
He could feel the threads of corruption laced through Coralivia weaken and fray. The King's power was weakening.
Coralivia, in all it's beautiful natural glory, had hope. The whole country had hope.
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