Nephelle had merely donned the bind to suppress her sorrow in her husband's passing and re-establish order in the country he had loved dearly, but rumors spread that her stony nature would usher an era of tyranny under the "Masked Queen." Regardless, the hearsay could not distract the people from their queen's wisdom and the turbulence passed as her measures were adopted. Having accomplished her role, Nephelle was finally allowed to perform the traditional rite of mourning. She waded into the River of Grief and broke the mask, the fragments falling with her tears.