Broken Wing

A memory of the Falconer’s Rebellion places the younger Torn Banner fighters beneath arrows, necromancy and Sundered House sorcery as Teor and Thimble try to save Azune, Kattigan and Thjazi.

The black ceramic fragments inside Thaisha’s silver box shudder together. When she touches them, the lining becomes freezing mist and she collapses with mist moving through her eyes.

Bolaire, Murray and Vaelus examine the transformed silver container while Shadia cares for Thaisha. Bolaire identifies it as a coffin and removes it to the Archanade for study.

At the close of the Farramh, Halandil and Hero play a rebellion song for Thjazi. The investigators return from the Tanners and Thimble finally reaches the body of her fallen partner.

Thjazi’s wedding ring recalls a tower room at Castle Royce, where Aranessa presents Thimble through a fae wedding tradition and Thjazi immediately rejects the idea that she can be owned as a gift.

Azune searches Thjazi’s coat and finds the object that fooled his inspection. Occtis proves that its conjuration aura was itself an illusion, revealing a deliberate substitution inside the rescue plan.

Vaelus identifies herself and admits that Bolaire helped her enter Dol-Makjar. In private, she and Thimble move from accusation toward a temporary shared interest in finding the stolen Stone of Nightsong.

Loza announces her retirement, warns Thaisha about Occtis’s family and entrusts Teor with half of the disbanded Torn Banner before leaving the Fang home.

Inside Villa Aurora, Enmity, Cruelty and Agony remind Tyranny that her friendship with mortals must remain subordinate to the demonic family’s larger purpose.

Teor requests an audience with Wicander. Tyranny finds the unsettled young lord in his study and persuades him that the visit may offer an alliance rather than another confrontation.

A damaged shipment spills burning Filament in the Villa Aurora courtyard. Teor lifts the fallen crate and heals an injured porter, leaving Wicander awed by his natural command of radiant power.

Teor questions Wicander about Thjazi and presents himself as a potential protector. Yanessa supports the arrangement while quietly assessing the former Torn Banner fighter.

After Teor leaves, Yanessa admits that Thjazi died because House Tachonis required it. She tells Wicander that her effort to keep him wholly in the Light was a mistake and promises the family truth that evening.

After working through the night, Murray and Bolaire open and identify the silver coffin. Its ancient pieces have been newly assembled around mist that leads somewhere beyond the container’s physical dimensions.

After Murray leaves, Bolaire finds newly delivered casks of paint bearing Thjazi’s final note to Halandil, then begins a private search for information about Termina.

General Raimond Davinos arrives at the Tangled Sheet with soldiers and summons his hungover son from an upstairs room.

Raimond questions Julien during the carriage ride, confronting his hatred of Thjazi and revealing that House Davinos resupply carriages were stopped at Dvalmar Pass.

At Palazzo Davinos, Aranessa and Raimond tell Julien that House Tachonis is searching for Occtis. Julien is ordered to find him discreetly and bring him under Davinos protection.

Kattigan wakes outside Dol-Makjar with little memory of the night, sends Wulferic to find Thimble and notices a falcon descending toward a monument high in Marud.

Sir Harondus Einfasen offers resources to the Arcane Marshals while proposing that noble forces replace other public guard offices. Azune recognises the power behind the offer and redirects his patrol toward Caravan Hill.

Murray learns that Dean Tallbarrel is resigning to prevent the noble houses from stripping the Penteveral of its right to practise magic. Their farewell is interrupted by Lord Primus Tachonis searching for Occtis.

As the household wakes, Halandil and Thaisha speak on the Rookery roof about the failed rescue, the danger brought home by Thjazi’s unfinished work and the need to care for their family before solving everything else.

Thimble vows to find those responsible for Thjazi’s death. Kattigan arrives, confirms that Thjazi cannot be saved, and joins Thimble and a disguised Occtis on the way to confront the Crow Keepers.

Thimble, Kattigan and a disguised Occtis enter the Crow Keepers’ tavern and ask Solomon for Casimir. The meeting turns immediately toward an ambush as a familiar burlap sack whistles behind Thimble.

At sunset, Wicander explains Filament to Tyranny and worries about Yanessa’s instruction concerning Teor. Godard and Enmity arrive to escort them toward the family’s deepest secret.

Beneath Villa Aurora, Wicander is shown the machinery that produces Filament. Godard opens an iron maiden containing a chained, bleeding angel, and Yanessa introduces the captive as Wicander’s grandfather.