The day after Rokhshan discovered that Neo was poisoned, she had an early meeting outside the city.
She was meeting Joachim Traum. He hadn't shaved anymore since they came out of the desert and had kept his informal outfit despite Neo's new orders.
"Come with me, Rokshshan. The marshals will not honor him. They just want to divide the cake between them." "I can't. I must defend his child's heritage." "I understand....it 's your destiny. Maybe we will meet again, my love." "Be careful. Come and see me within a year. Much will have changed then."
Watching the scene was MacDonald. He too kept his beard and long hair, but added a touch of his cultural heritage with the face marks and the kilt. "We must go now. Before they notice that we are leaving."
Joachim stroke Rokhshan's cheek and spurred his horse.
A group of a few hundred men followed him.
Soon they were joined by MacDonald's man. And a small army of about five hundred horsemen rode into the desert, following their own path, whatever it might be.
As of that moment Joachim Traum had died and was reborn as Murat. (MURAT WILL GET HIS OWN STORYLINE IN A FUTURE ALBUM)
MacDonald kept his name but would as of then be referred to as The Kelt.