“We have a peace treaty with them,” Alsia reminded him. “They are not the enemy.”

“Bah!” he called. “We just went to war with them, and we’ve been to war with them before.”

“Fordham is a Society member,” Helly cut in. “Watch your tongue.”

“Helly is correct. Fordham fought bravely,” Bastian said. “He should not suffer the same consequences as the rest of his people.”

“Then, where is he?” Boze demanded.

Zoh cleared his throat. “That’s enough. We’re not here to argue. Fordham is a Society member regardless of his affiliation, regardless of being the crowned prince. He fought for us. He is one of us.”

Kerrigan fought back tears at the words. She wished that Fordham had heard them. He’d been so worried all this time that everyone would turn on him, but they saw him for the man that he was and not just the throne.

“Alas, if Master Ollivier is not present, we will begin with you,” Zoh said confidently. “Your case is more pressing, is it not?”

“Sir?” she asked.

“Before this court, we removed you from your training in the Society. This happened based on the word of Lorian Van Horn. He testified that you had magic sickness and were unstable. Thus, unable to fulfill your duties to the Society. Additionally, that you had ties to insurrectionists within Kinkadia. Yet you answered the call to battle, and you fought bravely alongside us at the Battle of Lethbridge.” He motioned to Helly.

“Furthermore, all signs of magic sickness have been eliminated from her body. Whatever the cause, it was clearly a temporary case due to the stresses of training along with… harassment from one of our own.” She met Kerrigan’s gaze with a nod. “Harassment that we now know was due to his undue sympathies against the Rights For All organization and humans and half-Fae more broadly.”

“More than that,” Bastian continued, “your accusations against the convicted were true.”

Kress leaned forward. He stroked his beard. “Without your information, we would not have investigated further into the magical artifacts. However did you know about this?”

Kerrigan gulped. “Master Kress, I had information from the people you believed to be insurrectionists but are actually just people. People who want desperately to be heard by this council and the Society as a whole.”

Boze sniffed. “We went off of the advice of some insurrectionists.”

“And it turned out to be true,” Anahi said. “Which adds merit to her words.”

For a moment, the conversation went down a rabbit hole about whether her information was valid and whether they should have been able to know before then. Kerrigan stood still and waited for all twenty members of the council to give her permission to speak again.