A few days later, I attended the closing ceremony for the Queen's Jubilee with Rox and Braham—as promised, the festivities continued despite the attack. Unfortunately, the city's blissful ignorance was cut short when the hooded figure revealed herself during Jennah's concluding speech. Scarlet Briar is her name, and I have a sneaking suspicion she has something to do with Tyria's recent misfortunes. Scarlet wrested control of the watchknights, employing them as her muscle in a hostile takeover of the jubilee. She then fired her rifle at Queen Jennah's dais and detonated a bomb, causing it to collapse. Lord Faren was able to grab hold of the queen, but she shattered in his arms—a mesmer illusion. Faren fell to an uncertain fate, unable to maintain his balance. To complicate matters, Scarlet planted bombs throughout the Pavilion's courtyard, sending the city into pandemonium. We were able to disarm most of them, but the causalities were significant. All the while Scarlet continued to mock the panicked civilians, claiming that this is "bigger than them." We regrouped with the real queen (safe and unharmed), along with Countess Anise and Logan. While Anise and Logan were at odds about their preparedness for the situation, Rox announced that the asuran cultural representative, Vorpp, might have some useful teleportation technology that could help us breach the Pavilion and confront Scarlet. Vorpp immediately agreed to help, claiming that Scarlet had previously made her way through the asuran colleges and was a blister he wouldn't mind popping.