Duel at the Ixian Temple

""This is the end for you, Master. I wish it were otherwise." "Yes, Cal, so do I.""

- Calezac Andall and Clideo Haistev before the end of their duel The Duel at the Ixian Temple was a confrontation where the recently fallen Ixian Knight, Calezac Andall; fought his former best friend, and Ixian Master, Clideo Haistev, after the massacre of the Ixian Order in the Ixian Temple in Leviel. After gaining knowledge that all Ixians were announced to be the enemies of the Imperial Democratic Council and were killed one by one, Haistev arrived on the Ixian Temple in attempt to find survivors of the purge, only to see the dying Aliycas Sturean amidst the murder scene. Andall accused Haistev of killing Aliycas, and Haistev attempted to reason with Andall, not believing that Emperor Richale Beldig, also known as the Cárta Master, now known as the Kaizer of the Darker Realm, had taken control of his mind. However, Andall no longer cared for their friendship, and quickly claimed that Haistev was his enemy; the pair then wielded their miktars and locked blades, fighting through the murder scene in the many halls of the Temple, where Andall had recently slaughtered the countless Ixians with the help of the 401st Legion.

The fight progressed on the upper floors of the Temple where a fire had broke out. Haistev and Andall soon found themselves trapped by the columns of fire. Haistev managed to jump out of the window and descended onto the lower roof decks where the fire is yet to reach. Andall soon followed where the two continued to fight. Haistev managed to jump onto another upper floor that was yet to be caught by the fire when the flames started consuming the lower decks as well, and claimed that the duel was over due to his advantage. Andall attempted to follow, but Andall, in his hubris, failed to block Haistev's final attack, a powerful maneuver, which severed Andall's left arm and right leg, and Andall rolled down to the lower deck, bringing the duel to an end.

Then, Haistev—overcome with remorse over his friend's transformation—cried out that he had believed that Andall was The Golden Child and his destiny was to destroy the Cárta, but instead he joined them. Andall begged for Haistev to help him, causing Haistev to embrace him and using the moment to impale Andall to the chest with one of Andall's own miktar, the Orim. Haistev leave Andall to die as he retreated and took his fallen apprentice's Orim miktar. Afterwards, Andall's new master, the Kaizer, found his brutally wounded apprentice and took him to the Imperial Democratic Building to be treated and his missing limbs replaced with prosthetic. Later on, Andall will don with a black mask to cover his face, a short and silky black wig to cover his hair, and will wear black armor that will identify him as the Lord High Commander of the Darker Realm for the rest of his life.