As Alessandra and Clyde part ways, she is now left under the care of the Duhsh Elves while he continues on the path of vengeance. The story of what happened in the seven year absence until their next fated meeting remained unknown, until now.
[Shadow's hideout - Enter Clyde Arrowny as he searches through chests and wardrobes in a hurry, the light pink wallpaper in the room is peeling with neglect, empty photo frames once containing happy memories lay empty and abandoned, with torn corners remaining from a hastened removal. Sentimental stuffed animals gather webs and mould in the furthest corners of the room]
Shadow #1: You cannot run.
Shadow #2: You cannot hide
Shadow #3: Hide...
Clyde Arrowny: I'm not running from anything, the elves, the vampires, or Ninus and his cronies. I'm getting far too much unwanted attention here, it's slowing me down. I need some place I can lay low.
Shadow #1: If revenge is what you seek, the Forest lies at your feet.
Shadow #2: He may still lurk within.
Shadow #3: Yes, within...
Clyde Arrowny:[scoffs] I replay that day over and over in my head, every little minute detail. Once I would have been so foolish to believe that, to charge in without a second thought. But my dreams... the vividness of that nightmare. He was passing by, his attire, his movements, his power, his dialect. Those of his kind like him do not hide in shrubs and behind trees.
[Clyde Arrowny takes out an old brown cape from a compartment beside the bed, he changes into a navy jumper, high weathered boots]
Shadow #1: So close to the kingdom, if you get found, you will risk to lose everything.
Shadow #3: Yes... everything.
Clyde Arrowny: Do you guys ever give it a rest? like seriously, I can barely hear myself think sometimes. I'll only be on the outskirts of Ivalice, these guys know all there is about hunting monsters, plundering treasure and living free. Even if I am recognised these people won't care much, everyone is a wanted man out there.
Shadow #2: Your bounty grows large.
Shadow #3: Ever greater.
Clyde Arrowny: Now you're beginning to understand. 'Shadow' is a wanted man, Prince Arrowny is an already dead man. I'll make ends meet in a place like this [sounding excited], I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner!
Shadow #1: Do not forget why we lend you our strength.
Shadow #3: Yes... our strength.
[Clyde Arrowny turns to one of the ripped photo frames, where the hand of a young girl can be seen in the ripped corner of the removed photo, a purple ring rests on her left ring finger]
Clyde Arrowny: I will never forget, I will never forgive. I don't need you to remind me of what was lost.
[Exeunt]
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(The abandoned second bedroom in the cabin, a young girl once lived here with her father)
