A long-serving Halovar client family whose couturier operates as a front for making selected problems disappear.
The Mercanauds are a family that has worked for House Halovar for a long time and maintains multiple fronts. Julien knows their principal purpose for the Halovars is to make problems disappear. At Mercanaud Couturier, the twins Rulius and Calastro paralyse Teor and begin a fiendish procedure that cuts apart his shadow. Tyranny later convinces Rulius that House Halovar has cancelled the assignment, and the family releases Teor without open resistance.
Cut threads, quiet threats and the shadow behind the shears
Episode 3 exposes the manufactured Candescent Creed, sends a new party towards Gormalay and ends with House Tachonis tearing its way into Palazzo Davinos.
Calastro carries the shears and participates directly in the procedure performed on Teor.
Rulius receives clients, recognises Halovar authority and accepts Tyranny’s false cancellation order.
Julien identifies the family as long-standing Halovar problem-solvers, and the twins accept what they believe is a revised Halovar instruction.
Couturier and intake point forThe shop calls the Creed its most notable client and receives Teor after he is sent there as Wicander’s guardian errant.
What were the Mercanauds preparing to do to Teor at sunrise?
The Mercanaud twins paralyse Teor and cut his shadow apart inside a nine-pointed circle before the procedure is cancelled.
Calastro restores the shadow and hints at a sunrise result without explaining it.
Statements are labelled by how the transcript establishes them, so direct depiction, testimony, belief and disputed accounts remain distinct.
A long-serving Halovar client family whose couturier operates as a front for making selected problems disappear.
The Mercanauds have served the Halovars for years through commercial fronts and by making selected problems disappear.
Rulius and Calastro Mercanaud paralyse Teor and begin cutting apart his shadow before Tyranny deceives them into cancelling the Halovar assignment.
Teor enters the couturier, recognises the incense from an old battlefield mark and is drugged, paralysed and surrounded by fiendish magic as the Mercanaud twins prepare their procedure.
Wicander and Tyranny bluff their way into the closed couturier. Tyranny deceives the soulless Rulius into ending the ritual, and they free Teor after Calastro has begun cutting his shadow into pieces.
The Mercanauds drug, paralyse and suspend Teor while cutting his shadow inside a ritual circle before the procedure is cancelled; its intended purpose remains unknown.
Teor accepts coin and service as Wicander’s guardian errant. Sir Filoneus Halovar introduces his spell-confusing war dogs and sends Teor to the Mercanaud Couturier.
Teor and Julien cross paths in the marketplace. Julien recognises Teor as Thjazi’s former companion and realises the Halovars have sent him toward a family known for making problems disappear.
In Wicander’s private chambers, Tyranny admits she knew the Creed was false and explains the demonic arrangement behind it. Together they decide to warn Teor and conceal Wicander’s change of heart.
Teor enters the couturier, recognises the incense from an old battlefield mark and is drugged, paralysed and surrounded by fiendish magic as the Mercanaud twins prepare their procedure.
Wicander and Tyranny bluff their way into the closed couturier. Tyranny deceives the soulless Rulius into ending the ritual, and they free Teor after Calastro has begun cutting his shadow into pieces.
Azune and Murray reach the Fang home before Teor returns with Wicander and Tyranny. The group exchanges the Guard Tower, Mercanaud and Halovar revelations and recognises that several of them are no longer safe in Dol-Makjar.
