Exile Chapter 36 Draft 4

I've finished Exile Chapter 36 draft 4 and it can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Not much to say about this one, it's basically not changed much since draft 2, though there are a few little additions, such as Mal feeling that he deserves what has happened to him as punishment for his failure to keep the Dark God under control. This is a small little addition, but it is extremely important to know before Mal goes to the Northern Sage, because it is one of the major reasons why he makes the choices that he makes in the end. He's not on a quest to save the world. He's not on a quest to rid the Four Kingdoms of the Samirreh. He's not on a quest to become the next Oracle. All he wants is to make things right again, to pay for what he's done and be forgiven for it. That is his entire motivation to seek out the Northern Sage. His love for Silmera plays a big role in his leap of faith at the end, but as for choosing to fight and save the Four Kingdoms from the Samirreh, that is all from his desire to atone for his sins.

I've also added Mal blurting out that he loves Silmera, which is also important because it's going to nag at her in the back of her mind and force her to think about it, and ultimately realize that she loves him in return. In the second draft she just sort of came to the realization out of nowhere, and that's really not how these things work in my experience.