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Selphina Reese
Marian Terrec
Darius (alias Richard)
Pig
Prim
Sev
Nice Lizard
Evan (alias Michael

Once the battle to take the command post has been won, the party split off into several groups. Evan, disguised as the Serradic general, tells both Darius and Prim to go and hide; both, suspicious of this command, take the opportunity to promptly hightail it out of there. Evan then gives two orders to the Serradics: firstly, that the rebels are retreating to a particular area, and they are to send all forces there; secondly, that the rebel heading for Serradis with his message is a traitor to the empire, and must be immediately eliminated.

The Serradic forces head to where the rebels are stationed (and armed with explosives galore). The battle is brief and one-sided. The Moverians carry the day.

Meanwhile, a traveller on the way to Serradis is apprehended and killed.

Back at the Serradic camp, Evan uses his fragment of mirror to find a way through the Lost Spaces back to Acryn, and arrives ahead of the rest of the group.

There is some dispute amongst the others as to whether they ought to wait a day for Evan/Michael to join them, or if they ought to decamp for Acryn immediately. Eventually, with much insistence from Prim, the latter course wins out, and the rest of the party begin the long journey back from Serradis.

Evan, meanwhile, heads directly for Ghita Darrish. He falls on her mercy, telling her everything he learned of Serradis, Moveria - and, chiefly, the divided loyalties of his erstwhile compatriots. Ghita, aided by knowledge gained from Nice Lizard’s renegade flesh golem, is able to confirm the truth of these claims, and assures him it shall be dealt with. Evan is particularly eager that she use her influence to prevent Pig and Sev from attending a potentially disastrous sleepover at Casa Tuireann. She sees to it that a letter of warning is sent.

This done, Evan flees to Marian’s mansion, whereupon - unable to gain entrance through conventional means - he disguises himself as one of the servants, with the intention of hiding until Marian’s return.

Meanwhile, the party return to Felip Caulson, in order to report the success of their mission. After questioning them on the circumstances of this victory - with particular emphasis on the discretion part of the mission brief - Caulson, seemingly satisfied, presents them each with 70 Riel. At his mouthed behest, however, Prim stays behind.

Prim gives a slightly more detailed report of events, explaining the situation with the rebels’ messenger to Serradis - reassuring Caulson that Marian has been dispatched to deal with this. Caulson appears mollified.

Marian, meanwhile, has reached Serradis, and successfully located the messenger’s house. Unbeknownst to her, however, the messenger is no longer available for comment. Instead, she is seized by several Serradic guards on lookout.

Marian claims to be a merchant who has been cheated by the man in question, and refuses to diverge from this story - even in the wake of obvious scepticism that she will ever be getting redress, or even an answer, for her grievances. This prompts her to realise that Michael has already dealt with the matter. She is taken in for questioning. However, owing to the lack of any concrete evidence whatsoever against her, she is soon released, and taken - at her request - to the local Leader Church.

Here, she manage to gain an audience with several of the higher-ups, and regales them with a blood-curdling tale of treachery. That is to say, of the Traitor Church itself - and a plot to stir up tensions with the Serradic Empire on the part of Acryn’s corrupt Civil Service. She uses her remaining Leader Miracle to lend eloquence and weight to this tale, and the rumour, consequently, spreads like wildfire through Serradis.

Meanwhile, back in Acryn, Evan attempts to send a letter to Jimmy Hoskins, warning him that Pig may be in danger from the Tuireann cultists.

Back in Caulson’s office, Prim explains some of her difficulties. Michael - or Evan - has managed to get past her cover, and is determined to go public with all he has learned of the Traitor Church as consequence. He is a high priority for reclamation. Another issue: the Tuireann cultists were doing all they could to alert Serradis of Acryn involvement in Moveria’s rebellion, and, despite all their efforts to circumvent this, may have gained some traction. She is told to do all she can to twist the blame back on the cultists themselves.

Prim also highlights Marian as a risk, saying that she, Prim, will potentially need a new cover. She will return in a couple of days if this proves to be the case. However, her cover with the Tuireann cultists remains strong.

In the meantime, Sev and Pig have devised a plan together: namely, for Pig to NOT return home to Jimmy Hoskins, but instead come and live with Sev and the Archmage. Pig plans to keep stealing different faces in the meantime, in order to maintain cover.

Meanwhile, the Archmage receives a letter of warning against the Tuireann cultists from Ghita Darrish - however, owing to slight ambiguity of phrasing, has not yet concluded that these people ought to be specifically dealt with. Therefore, how dangerous can they really be?

The letter from Evan, meanwhile, goes into Sev’s pocket for later perusal.

Sev asks the Archmage if Pig can come and live with them. Despite many a heartrending plea on Pig’s part, the Archmage demurs, on the basis that Pig is a) a mess, and b) a distraction. Disheartened, Pig elects to go stay with her three other friends instead.

Therefore, with the Civil Service keeping close tabs, Pig and Sev attend a much-anticipated sleepover - though not without a certain amount of trepidation, given Ghita’s warning. Somewhat anticlimactically, however, nothing of a particularly nefarious nature appears to transpire. The visitors are given a guided tour, and much fun is evidently had by all.

On the other side of the city, Marian and Michael confer. It is determined that Prim must be dealt with.

Prim, meanwhile, learns from the Civil Service that Michael’s divine aura is that of the Splintered Man - hence her earlier inability to kill him.

Marian invites Prim to tea.

During the process of this fraught and lightly disturbing tete-a-tete, Prim reveals under the effects of Cease Your Deceptions that she feels very deeply for Marian, who is merely misguided in her antipathy. Now, she knows the true extent of Prim’s admiration. Also, she’s not going to drink this tea, as it’s clearly poisoned.

Cursing herself for a fool, Marian squawks for her guards. It is too late, however. Prim flees.

Back at the Civil Service, Prim confirms the necessity of taking on a new identity. She is established as a novice in the Brotherhood of the Closed Eye, and gains permission to contact both Silvio and Astraeus Cargan-Graves in order to allay suspicion with regards to her disappearance.

Elsewhere, the Civil Service have managed to get word back to the Archmage - however, instead of warning him against the Tuireann cult (and risking the devastation his reaction might cause to the city), they elect to send him to deal his destruction elsewhere. Therefore, when Sev returns home with the intention of asking for mana with which to meet her new friends’ landlord, she finds the house deserted.

Repulsed by her encounter with Prim, but nonetheless determined to see events through to their conclusion, Marian hosts her newfound friends from the Serradic Leader Church in Acryn - and, in doing so, manages to spread the word that Acryn’s Civil Service is merely a cover for the illegal Traitor Church. The Council, consequently, is called upon to organise a purge.

• Gain 70 Riel (besides Evan and Marian)

• Has lost the 'Disarm' quirk
• Owes Sev for two mana crystals

• Has a curse from the Raging Tide (tbd)

• Gain a vial of blood from the Blood of Empires priest

• Has one bomb from the explosives truck (precise effects tbd)

• Has… a truly disturbing amount of intestines

• Has taken on the new identity of Novice Sariel of the Brotherhood of the Closed Eye
• May purchase a point in Organisational Ties: Brotherhood of the Closed Eye
• May contact Silvio Pastore
• May contact Astraeus Cargan-Graves

• Is facing thus-far successful rebellion from Moveria

• The fact that the Traitor Church operates within Acryn's Civil Service has now been publicised, and is common knowledge throughout the city
• The Council is organising a thorough investigation into the Civil Service
• The Leader Church is baying for their blood