Heir

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child death, graphic violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and death.

Aiz and Cero use a Sail he crafted to escape the Tohr through a raging blizzard. They land hours later in a coastal cave. When Aiz awakens, Cero updates her on the dire situation: Tiral plans to declare himself the Tel Ilessi, “the holy vessel” for Mother Div, who would lead their people back to their homeland. He is leveraging his control over the clerics and the people’s faith to cement his power. Aiz resolves to stop him, seeing it as her divine calling from Mother Div. However, Cero urges her to leave Kegar, arguing that survival might be Div’s true intention for her. Despite Aiz’s insistence on staying to fight, Cero arranges for her to leave aboard an Ankanese ship captained by a seer he trusts. He gives her the mysterious book, believing it holds the key to Tiral’s obsession, along with an aaj, a magic ring connected to him, with the promise that he will come to her aid if she needs him. Aiz reluctantly boards the ship.