Editing Chapter 9.13

Each of the antinium queens themselves have their own thoughts on the matter. The [[Grand Queen]] is furious that she was not informed about the [Crusaders] actions and her lack of control over the situation. She felt the loss of [[Xrn]] as the Small Queen was recovering, and felt her control slipping. She requested [[Wrymvr]] to act as her new high-level servant but he refused. With Xrn hurt and [[Klbkch]] in a lesser body, this left her only the option of looking outside the hives. Doing this she found [[Roshal]] and made an inquiry into high-level slaves as a replacement. The [[Xevccha|Free Queen]] is excited that this proves the worth of her leveling antinium idea. The [[Silent Queen]] was also interested in a curiosity's sense at the new antinium. She requested for her prognugator, [[Xeu]], to steal a few of the levellng antinium so that they could be studied. The [[Flying Queen]] was excited about the [Crusaders] as well though she was more interested in [[Pivr]] and how he was progressing. She was happy to see that he had made friends with some of the [[Brotherhood of Serendipitous Meetings]], but she wanted to call him back to see his progress with promises of finding new friends later. Pivr tried to get out of this by pretending that the speaking stone was malfunctioning whenever she brought up the idea of returning to their hive. The [[Armored Queen]] was also happy about the [Crusaders] seeing as how her armor was used by them and thus proven useful. She wanted to send more resources to help support them and set up a trade with the [[Free Hive]] to better train the antinium, but the [[Armored Hive]] was poor. Luckily, she declared this to [[Anand]] who was able to make these connections as a matter of fulfilling debts for the magnanimity of the Armored Queen. The [[Twisted Queen]] was also pleased with the crusade since it showed that the antinium were changing. She decided to send them a gift after purchasing one of the scrolls from the [[Village of the Dead]] for a very large sum of gold. The last pseudo-queen to appear was Xrn herself who was less focused on the crusade. She cared more for [[Bird]]'s [Unitasis Network]. She had captured and recaptured him for multiple days trying to get the secret of this network from him. The injury she'd taken from [[Snatcher]] was impacting her though as she was far less mentally stable than before. Klbkch found Xrn interrogating Bird about this Skill and after Bird nearly getting killed by Xrn, they learned that the network was a Skill that he'd gained rather than an inbuilt trait like the true antinium had.

Back at the battlegrounds outside Orefell, [[Wistram News Network]] had begun its broadcast and was interviewing the combatants. The antinium were unguarded, but [[Rags]] made sure she also appeared on the scrying orb. She pretended to be dumber than she was and completely mercenary so as not to appear as much of a threat. When asked how she learned to talk, she gave credit to [[Pyrite]] instead of [[Erin Solstice|Erin]] or other more accurate answers. The final of the five families that wasn't present earlier talking to Ryoka, was the [[Reinhart Family]]. They were for the most part very concerned about the antinium and did not have Ryoka to talk them down, but they did have [[Magnolia Reinhart|Magnolia]] who had a plan in place. She knew of the Crusade's movements and had hoped that they were acting independently, so she sent [[Theofore]] over to facilitate a negotiation with them over scrying orb. She used this chance to plant the idea of further disobedience of their queens in order to drive a wedge in the unity of the antinium. They had been ordered by the Free Queen and Klbkch to return to the Free Hive for punishment, but Magnolia paid them to stay around Orefell for a little bit longer with promises of food if they did not want to return. The antinium accepted jade as payment in hopes that the Free Queen and [[Liscor]] would take this as payment similarly to how [[Liscorian Army|Liscor's Army]] brings back payment after a successful military campaign. Magnolia also stayed around to network with the adventurers. She met the [[Horns of Hammerad]] and paid off [[Pisces Jealnet|Pisces]]' bounty with [[Wistram Academy|Wistram]] for their efforts, though his bounty with Roshal was out of her control.

Things started to calm down afterward as the dwarves left taking little besides their dead back to [[Dwarfhalls Rest]]. They promised to take a trip down to the Wandering Inn for a free meal at some point though and accepted Pisces advice about maintaining their dead for the journey back. Pisces started to think about taking some of the gargoyle bones for himself when [[Az’kerash]] started talking to him and Crowdcaller [[Merdon]] showed up at the same time. Merdon had been paid by Magnolia Reinhart to defeat the horde but he had showed up late and was now ready to attack the goblins and anyone that defended them. Magnolia told him off and Pisces went to take the bones he had been considering before. He was brought over to a large pile that the armies had been making and found other rogue [Necromancers] trying to take the bones as well. He followed their creations out to a nearby hiding spot and found a cabal led by [[Ama|a [Necromancer] from his past]] in [[Ailendamus]]. Before they could catch up, Merdon started to kick up a second fuss. The [Necromancers] fled with Ama promising to find him again soon, but the adventurers did not end up fighting Merdon. Instead, Xrn came to the scene and launched Merdon away. She had with her a birther sac which was the gift from the Twisted Queen, and she proclaimed this group of [Crusaders] to be the new Seventh Hive of the antinium led by herself. They would fight for just causes and live above ground.