A coalition of powerful noble houses whose military display and political authority shape the public life of Dol-Makjar.
The Sundered Houses are a coalition of noble houses active in Dol-Makjar. Soldiers escorting Thjazi Fang display the crests of Houses Tachonis, Halovar, Royce, Einfasen and Cormoray. Lords and ladies of the coalition occupy the execution viewing areas and use trumpets, heraldry and armed retainers as a coordinated show of force. Bolaire later recognises Thjazi’s death as the first execution in Dol-Makjar carried out exclusively under the Chamber of Lords-Advisory and as an auspicious expansion of Sundered House power.
Power, spectacle and the fall of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi Fang is hanged beneath monuments to the heroes of an older revolution. The crowd, the failed rescue and the Photarch’s decision leave more questions than the public ceremony answers.
Bolaire interprets Thjazi’s execution under exclusive Chamber authority as an expansion of Sundered House power.
What political, religious, personal or strategic reason made Thjazi’s death necessary to the Photarch?
The Photarch rejects an expected commutation and insists that Thjazi must die, without revealing the necessity behind the execution.
Wicander tells Halandil that his family gave him full assurance that Thjazi would be spared. He cannot explain why the Photarch instead insisted that the execution proceed.
How did Dol-Makjar change from the city Teor remembers, and what remains of its revolutionary institutions and ideals?
Returning veterans find a revolutionary city transformed by Sundered House power, the Candescent Creed and an expanding Chamber authority.
Aranessa warns that the two Sundered Houses are gaining power while faerie-linked influence diminishes.
Statements are labelled by how the transcript establishes them, so direct depiction, testimony, belief and disputed accounts remain distinct.
A heavily guarded prison wagon arrives carrying Thjazi Fang, escorted by soldiers bearing the crests of the Sundered Houses.
The lords and ladies of the Sundered Houses use trumpets to attempt to silence the crowd cheering for Thjazi.
Thjazi’s execution causes Teor to question what has happened to Dol-Makjar and the revolutionary institutions he previously knew.
The Sundered Houses supplied the principal show of force for Thjazi’s execution.
After the execution, the Sundered Houses left the Revolutionary Guard to recover and transport Thjazi’s body.
Halandil Fang waits beneath the Guardian Wall as soldiers of the Sundered Houses bring his brother Thjazi to the gallows.
Thjazi Fang is publicly condemned beneath the Guardian Wall. After sharing a final connection with Halandil and issuing several urgent instructions, he delivers a defiant final statement and is hanged.
Teor Pridesire and Loza Blade arrive at the Fang home after witnessing Thjazi’s execution. Loza performs an Old Path farewell beside Thjazi’s body, while Teor reunites with Azune and questions what has happened to Dol-Makjar.
The masked Bolaire Lathalia arrives at Thjazi’s Farramh after observing his execution from the nobles’ gallery. Bolaire reunites with Thaisha and Tyranny as Halandil’s daughter Hero arrives with her mother, Elodie.
Wicander returns Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil as Sir Julien Davinos escorts Thjazi’s grieving estranged wife, Aranessa, to the Farramh. Their journey reveals Julien’s role in Thjazi’s earlier capture and Aranessa’s enduring love for her former husband.
