EP9: Port of Call

The convergence of so many chosen in one city will either fortify the Dream or draw every predator upon Terra to its doorstep. War is no longer theoretical.

Port of Call. The arrest of the 12th Lighters tears through Juramentum's social fabric, creating a chaos within the city heretofore unseen. Into this tumult arrives Griffin, bearing a demand that will not be denied: Figulus Gnaeus must bring back his younger brother Ollie from death. 'The impossible task of bringing a life force back into existence,' Weisa observes. 'He's dangerous. The magic he wields is chaotic, and I fear him.' Yet with Griffin comes intelligence of grave import — the eighth Child of the Crimson approaches Juramentum. The convergence of so many chosen in one city will either fortify the Dream or draw every predator upon Terra to its doorstep. A slaver's ship arrives at the docks bearing Leptis Regium's formal terms of annexation. The woman from the empire steps upon Juramentum's stones and presents the city with a stark ultimatum: submit or be destroyed. War is no longer theoretical. It has a timeline and a face.