And yet, the Gaoju Family succeeded!
The Gaoju Family's chief lost an arm and half a dozen elites, but he managed to secure the Tree Spirit's Ear in the Dark Night Forest.
When the Tree Spirit's Ear was handed to Queen Wensi, it signaled a triumph. The Gaoju Family's Dual Fish emblem blazed brilliantly in the Hunter's Hall, far outshining the Deer Horn of my Sol Family.
This was the disgrace of the Sol Family! It was also the most significant sign of our descent from our pedestal and into mediocrity.
The Sol Family later summarized the reasons for our fall from grace: a stubborn adherence to old ways, a refusal to embrace new things, and an inextricable, crippling obsession with bloodline heritage.
