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Act I: Old Wounds

“The so-called ‘demons’ Aenor describes are not a literal truth, but a metaphor for the failures of humanity at large. There are demons in all of us, and only His teachings will keep them at bay.”

-Emperor Conrad Friedhold II, five years before the Neverwar.

September 1224 AT	22	Departure from Bastion	1
	23	Failed Midnight Desertion	2
	27	Discovering Downwarren	6
	29	Battle in Cliffcrest	8
October 1224 AT	1	Arrival in Warden’s Reach	10
	4	Cleansing Cliffcrest	13
	7	Battle with the Valley Bandits	16
	8	Discovery of the Temple of the Exiles	17
	13	Encountering the Serpent Guard	22
	16	Fighting the Shapers	25
		Return to Warden’s Reach
	19	Aftermath of the Lightning Raiders	28
	21	Debriefing with the Consulate	30
	25	Boreas’ Celebration	34
	29	Deployment	38
	30	The Test Begins	39
November 1224 AT	1	Confounding the Slavers	40
	3	Finding the House	42
	6	Finding the Dead Mercenaries	45
	11	Arrival at the Temple of the Exiles	50
	12	To the Blackwood	51
	15	Meeting the Blackguard	54
	18	Setting the Bait	57
	19	Closing the Trap	58
		Second Fall of the Serpent Guard
	30	Return to Bastion	69
December 1224 AT	3	Life Is Remembered, Life is Real	72
	5	Induction into the Silent	74

Act II: World On Fire

“Goddamn patriots. People try to make the world a better place, but they don’t understand the world they’ve got, nor the world they’re getting.”

-Merik Serendi Rex

December 1224 AT	7	The Council Rewards the Silver Cross	76
	11	The Anthis Ball	80
	12	Hakli Aboard the Morsi’s Prize	81
	21	Attacking the Watchtower	90
	25	Starving the Steel Wind Company	94
	26	Assaulting the Steel Wind Company	95
	28	Boreas Kills, Laertes Dies, Damian Runs, and the World Begins to Burn	97
January 1225 AT	12	Gathering the Ghosts of Bastion	112
	13	Formation of the Free Republics	113
	14	Boarding the Windwalker	114
	21	The Battle of Blackwood Cut	121
		Exploring the Dunvales
	22	Journey to Brakenport	122
	24	Arriving at Brakenport	124
	25	Meeting the Blackwood Alliance	125
	26	Planning the Brakenport Revolution	126
	27	Poison and Diplomacy	127
	28	To Kill a Dragon	128
February 1225 AT	10	Arrival at Drakenheim	141
	11	Meeting Edmund the Cobbler	142
	13	Assault on Bannan’s Den	144
	17	Assassins in the Night	148
	18	Departure from Drakenheim	149
	20	Battle of the Geldenwald Gap	151
	28	Arrival in Haupstadt	159
		Entering the Glass Basilica
March 1225 AT	1	Shopping!	160
	5	First meeting with Bonifaas	164
	7	Meeting Aurora Edelweis	166
	8	The First Party	167
	9	Introducing Hauke Bauman	168
		The Assassination
	13	Discussion with Harriot	172
	14	Poetry with Ambros	173
	15	Third meeting with Bonifaas	174
	18	Circus!	177
	23	The Third Party	182
		The Legend of Balthasar
	25	Assault on the Blackwood Theatre	184
	28	Eliza Breaks Up with Boreas	187
April 1225 AT	1	Departure from the Glass Basilica	190
	7	Rescuing Bonifaas’ Family	196
	16	Passing through Port Anchor	205
	22	Passing through Riverheart	211
	28	Arrival in Cascade	217
	29	Lidiya Meets the Ghosts of Bastion	218
May 1225 AT	2	Innocence	221

Act III: Cutting Webs

What a wonderful kingdom we’ve built. I only wonder who they’ll kill first: me, or each other?

-Vadim Serendi Rex, founder of House Serendi

May 1225 AT	3	Exploring Cascade	222
	5	Meeting Ambassador Olesya	224
	6	Welcome to the Sanctuary	225
	13	Luka	232
	14	Arrival in Brittlestone	233
	21	Meeting Marita of the Prehovani	240
	22	To Havhan	241
	25	Emergency in Havhan	244
	27	Investigating the Prehovani Village	246
	29	Fort Edgewater	249
	31	Making Friends with Sora Mizushima	251
June 1225 AT	4	The Events at Vlahakis Manor	255
	5	Discovering the Fate of the Ghosts Laskaris	256
	7	Departure from Brittlestone
	8	Arrival in Sanctuary
		Some Relaxing Conversations with the Serendi Rex
	15	Departure from Sanctuary
	17	Arrival outside Riverheart
		The Burned Printers
	18	Mistaken Identity
	20	Introducing Damaskinos Mataxis
	22	Meeting Karen Ilyan
		Percy’s First Date
	23	Sex, Drugs, and a Smuggler’s Toll
		Percy’s Second Date
	24	Saving Juno
		Karen Ilyan Gives a Speech
	25	Meeting the King of Kings
		Percy’s talk with Iris and Evan
	26	The Fall of House Gray and their Guard
	27	Hostages in the Sprawl
		Death in the Sept
		The Fall of Damaskinos Mataxis
	28	A Meeting of Minds in a Nameless Boarding House
	30	Ambush in the Riverwoods
		The Beginning of the End of the Northern Winds
July 1225 AT	1	Protest
		Phryxus and Damian Die
	3	Percy’s Third Date
	5	Assault on Brighttower Castle
	6	Return to Riverheart
		The Task Force Ends, and the Ghosts Begin

Act IV: The Land of
Ghosts and Whispers

Come on. Die. Every last one of you.

-Empress Amelia d’Tunis I, upon unleashing the demonic scourge during the Battle of Cascade.
Heard by no one.

July 1225 AT	7	The Last Day in Riverheart
		Iris and Percy Get Engaged
	8	Departure from Riverheart
	13	Battle on the Cloud Road
	15	Arrival at the Glass Armory
	29	Departure from the Armory
August 1225 AT	3	Return to Cascade
		The Game Begins
	10	The Pitiful Play of Pale Pandis
	11	The Party
		The Slaughter of Brittlestone
	12	Midnight Departure
	13	Havhan and the 8th Company
	14	The Battle for Brittlestone Begins
		Battle of Greenlake Bridge
	15	Relieving the Siege of Dryhold