"We've confirmed that the letter was hers, yes." He nodded "And of course, I assume the Empire to be involved one way or another. The Empire's been involved with everything that's gone wrong these past twenty years..."

He sighed. It seemed as though this Empire was quite the source of trouble.

"I think there are three theories more plausible than the others. Either something threatened the Queen and she left to escape it, either there was something only she could do, either she didn't want to see you, the Heroes of Light." He paused, sounding a bit dubious "Of course, would any of these theories be true, they raise even more questions."