Who: Kain, Escaflowne, Dune and Gramahiel later What: A long overdue reunion Where:The Hill of Sorrows When: A year after Kain's revival Status: Incomplete Rating: High for intense fighting Era: Rebirth Saga
Kain was standing on a hill below The Diamond City that was cloaked in darkness beneath the holy city's great shadow. Dubbed the Hill of Sorrows this was where the ritual battles to the death called Nex Sacramentum had taken place since ancient times. Twice before Kain and his younger brother Escaflowne fought on this hallowed ground but never with the intentions of killing one another - it was simply the only place they could not destroy with the scale of their battles.
Holding Gestalt he waited in the shadow of Ixidrel for the Guardian of Athens to arrive to see how strong his baby brother had become since falling in love with the Goddess of Wisdom. The most surprising part of that was that she loved Escaflowne as much as he loved her.
Kain could see happiness in his brother he'd never had - the same happiness Amelia brought Kain and even their father High Archon Gyald had found in their mother Swordmaiden Serafina so long ago. Now Ixidrel crumbled above following the death of Lord Gramahiel and it was just Kain and the rechristened Jonathan left of the entire race. Their grandfather perished before his own throne and their parents died in each other's arms outside the Diamond Gates.
"I was beginning to think you would not come, Little Storm."