The Shadow Knight
"But I confess to no shadow worship, no dark conspiracies, no betrayal of oaths I held sacred. I am guilty only of seeing clearly, speaking truly, and refusing to bow before false prophets who've turned faith into a weapon of oppression."
He found Lyanna in the crowd, her face streaked with tears. "To my sister, I say: be strong. To my nephew Marcus, if he can hear: remember your uncle loved truth more than life. To my father's memory: I hope I've honoured our name with honesty, even unto death."
"Enough," Matthias said, though his voice lacked its earlier authority. "The accused has spoken his blasphemy before all. He admits to questioning divine authority, to spreading doubt, to rejecting