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Having thwarted Rathain’s clan trackers by boarding the Daenfal ferry before dusk, the Mad Prophet slips into a tavern, where, cornered, he delivers his ultimatum to Tarens, “No! I won’t safeguard your foray to Ettin. Not before I’ve contacted his Grace’s handfasted enchantress, Elaira. Tell Cosach and his henchmen the same, or burn in Sithaer and suffer the consequence …”

At Telmandir, under Fellowship guidance, High Queen Ceftwinn of Havish prepares to access the crown jewels’ heritage for the first time: “Will I meet the same end as my brother?” she asks, aggrieved for the irony, that Gestry had seemed transported by the attunement; and Asandir’s iron integrity cannot in honesty ease her concern …

On the hour The Hatchet’s primary assault draws blood to scour the clan presence entrenched in the Thaldeins, a messenger pigeon flown across Camris breaks the explosive news: the rogue avatar marches from Miralt with a company of suborned dedicates, intent on upsetting the High Temple’s decree and denouncing the True Sect Canon …