In the Chronoplast Chamber, Kain blinked his eyes and then stood up from a cross leg position. Every time he stopped gazing into the currents of Time, a minor disorientation occurred. Deeper one looked, more absorbed one became into the visions. In the end it would feel like being the participant, rather than observer. Any lesser being than himself and the late Time Streamer Moebius couldn't hope to gaze too far into the currents of Time without becoming mad.

So it failed. This was the last possible outcome I foresaw. I gazed out into the streams of possibility to change the course of events for the better and all led to ruin, more or less.The power to change events at the Pillars is useless to me. Only the encounter with Raziel in the past has the smallest chance of going in mine and his favor. The Pillars have a big but very limited possibility to change the outcome of destiny. Which means I must sacrifice Raziel to the Abyss, thereby destroying his current form and same time saving him from the corruption his brothers shall face.

This path which shows the smallest chance of success is also the most uncertain. Unfortunately I cannot predict what happens after the encounter with Raziel, should he choose to spare me. I can only form the next course of action after I have survived the encounter since altering the history will provide new insight. I cannot predict anything in advance anymore but have to rely on Fate to reveal what I need.

Ironic that the proverb my father used to recite to me on several occasions when he tried to lecture me on the business dealings with the haughty nobles of Coorhagen, describes the path I must follow now, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Risk is enormous but the reward more than outweighs it if successful.

Then Kain focused on the image before him. It displayed Raziel waking from his state of Change.

So it begins. I am sorry Raziel, I tried to find a better course of action but they turned out to be more painful in the end than the one you must now follow. I hope I can make you understand later why this must be done.

Then Kain waved his hands and teleported to the Sanctuary of the Clans to wait Raziel's coming, and the beginning of their destiny.

THE END

Author's note: I know now that Bold text isn't favored anymore but the time I started the premilinary concept of this story, I used older Word and didn't have flat screen. Display quality preferred Bold for text to be clear enough for those devices, for me that is. But since then things have become better but I choose to complete this story with the style I started with rather than change it in middle of the story. But I will turn off Bold in future works.