Using a sturdy piece of wood for support, he hobbled about, not truly aware of his surroundings. Blood dripped at a steady pace from his once fatal wound.

Finally he weakly crossed to The Silver Arrow. He somehow managed the first few steps into the Arrow.

It was Maya who spotted him first. He was a wreck. Blood seeped through his cloth shirt. His leg was in a splint and his shoulder and arm were wrapped in bandages. He just managed to get to a seat next to the back wall, before his dwindling energy failed him.

Q'wellen was only half aware of his surroundings. He knew friends were nearby, and he thought maybe he had spoken to them, but he couldn't be sure.

Maya was deeply concerned. Without a second thought she rushed out of the Arrow to get her sister, Lady Veil.

Veil arrived shortly and was shocked to see the state Q'wellen was in. Helping him stand, she insisted on bringing him to her home, which was nearby. Q'wellen, his energy finally spent promptly collapased in a heap at the Lady's feet. Luckily Mikesamus and Edward were nearby. They lifted him carefully and followed Veil back to her home.

Q'wellen was able to regain a small measure of strength when they reached Veil's home. He helped as best he could to get himself into bed.

Veil worked quickly, but carefully. She slowly peeled away his bloody shirt, revealing a terrible wound. It appeared as though it had been partly healed. It was black around the edges. Some muscle tissue and bone could still be seen beneath the bloody bandages.

Veil talked as she worked, explaining her gift of healing. Her scars glowed briefly as she set her hands upon the grievious wound. Not perfectly healed but much better than it was before. She moved on to his broken leg. Again her scars glowed as this time her powers were able to fully heal the break. Finally moving to his wounded shoulder she saw immediately that it was dislocated and the arm was broken above the elbow. Q'wellen yelled in pain as Veil hit him hard and fast, resetting his shoulder. Her scars glowed a final time as she healed his broken arm.

With his wounds mostly or completely healed, Q'wellen felt immediately better. And he was starving. The four of them traveled back to the Arrow for a quick bite. Tiring quickly as Veil said he would, he briefly explained that he tried to battle Khellenduras alone, and had failed as evidenced by his wounds.

He remembered very little after, Khell's initial assualt. He knew he had fallen a great distance. He also recalled a flash of light, followed by the sensation of floating. Beyond that he could not recall what had happened in the days that followed. It was also a mystery as to how he came to be at the Arrow.

There was one final mystery as well, Q'wellen's hair had turned unexplainedly dark...