Knights of Tezoth

Also dissatisfied with Deus, but quite satisfied with one kill in the melee and her comrades' successes there, Rezara tracked down Alaria out of boredom. She seemed to Rezara a sensible and far-sighted woman, and no great pretext for conversation was needed.

"You fought well, milady, but I fear none of us had a chance from the very start," Rezara grimaced at the thought of the melee. "Tell me, do you see any point in our Deus's events? We spent the whole day maiming each other for the amusement of the crowd! Under dishonorable conditions! This is not a celebration! It's a drunken brawl that everyone somehow showed up to sober. Frankly, I am very vexed and even disappointed by such an approach. No argument, in our dark times any combat training has its value, but not a melee before the eyes of the entire kingdom! Not to mention the risk of discord among knights from different regions of Tezoth! Many of them clearly dislike each other as it is..."

Could Deus's plan be to set all the regions at war with each other, while she herself sits it out in Kanamia behind high walls under the protection of the best knights? No, that's nonsense... it's her own kingdom and her own subjects after all.