Not to be dour, but it's...poor. There were battles recently, more serious than in the past. The Regent sent a squad of Aions to murder dissenters in the city of Venera, and sent others to stage a public execution for a resistance member in Godsblood.

[Not happy talk...]

I'm unsure of how many dissenters were rescued, but it wasn't nothing. The execution failed as well, as we managed to free Vaeka. Good news, yes, though coupled with bad. Two of our number were captured by the enemy, and are held in the capitol.

It's likely that we'll be attempting a raid to free Himeka and Abel in the near future.