Contested throne room that is abandoned, captured, and abandoned again within a single sequence of system messages.
Three system messages fire in quick succession. First, the Throne Room of Team Retribution has been abandoned by the War Mage Rebellion and the City Defense System has gone inert. Second, it is now occupied by forces from the Princess Posse, with the note that holding it for six hours would win Faction Wars. Third, it has been abandoned again and fallen back into control of Team Retribution.
The cause is Li Na, who tore glowing and silent through the castle while the remaining war mages opened a portal and disappeared. Britney reports the rampage to Carl, who concludes Li Na is hunting Epitome Tagg and Warlord Fang because she cannot heal until they are dead.
A castle throne room emptied by a portal escape, changing hands three times in minutes.
The prize whose brief capture and loss shows how close and how fragile the Faction Wars win is.