The final Equineox race was on the verge of being cancelled, considering the security concerns of the palace but Cironir took pity on the protesting students and allowed the final match to take place. Though everyone was under tight security due to the events of the past weeks, the Annui players needed more protection from insiders than external elements. The Haradren were not above taking advantage of Arion's situation and his friendship to Diana and Silvanus to try to get into their heads. If the insults were not about Diana's passing technique or Silvanus's flying, they were about Arion's mother. Too many times, Diana had to grit her teeth against the urge to throw whatever was in her hand at their heads. The only way she could prevent herself from magically harming them was by thinking
