EP8: Bitter Pill

Blood sacrifice. Weisa investigates the murder of Lord Falco at Publia's direction, discovering a conspiracy that pulls back the curtain upon the darker machinery of the oath city.

Bitter Pill. An assassination attempt is made upon Marcus using Sarah's Kiss — a poison of such viciousness that Weisa journals: 'What malice would compel a being to use this against another?' The attempt upon the true cleric's life reveals a truth the Fellowship has been slow to accept: the enemy is not merely at the gates. A spy operates within Juramentum's walls. Weisa investigates the murder of Lord Falco at Publia's direction, discovering a conspiracy that pulls back the curtain upon the darker machinery of the oath city. 'Empires are not built off of smiles and kindness,' she writes. 'They are built off of hard decisions. Blood sacrifice. What must I sacrifice? Perhaps my innocence. How will I bury it?' The Kithgi healers save Marcus, but the damage extends far beyond the physical. Trust within Juramentum fractures along lines that cannot be repaired with golden light. The 12th Lighters are implicated in the attempt, and their roundup begins.