A cheaply made ceramic forgery hidden inside Thjazi’s coat and wrapped in a carefully falsified illusion-and-conjuration aura.
Azune recovers a small ceramic forgery from a hidden seam in Thjazi’s coat. Its physical craft is careless, but its magical aura was expertly shaped to mimic the illusion and conjuration signature of Thimble’s genuine escape glyph. Occtis determines that even the apparent conjuration was an illusion designed specifically to fool the inspection.
A small, cheap piece of ceramic with a carelessly scrawled marking, hidden inside a cut seam at the back of Thjazi’s coat.
Duty, failure and the final journey home
Azune Nayar stands between his duty as an Arcane Marshal and his loyalty to the commander he once followed into battle. Episode 1 follows his failed attempt to save Thjazi, the journey that brings the body home and the discovery that the real escape glyph never reached the gallows.
Azune has recovered the physical forgery. Its maker and route into Thjazi’s coat remain unknown.
Hidden in a small inseam pocket cut into Thjazi’s coat
Physically crude but magically sophisticated
Projects illusion and apparent conjuration magic
The conjuration aura is itself an illusion
Designed to imitate Thimble’s genuine escape glyph
Its aura was expected to fade by morning
Its creator and the person who placed it remain unknown
Azune detects conjuration and illusion magic near the back of Thjazi’s coat and believes the expected escape ward has been successfully placed.
No magical escape occurs before the executioner pulls the lever. Thjazi remains upon the gallows and is hanged.
Azune examines the genuine glyph recovered with Thimble and realises that the magic detected upon Thjazi belonged to a different object or effect.
Azune finds the ceramic forgery inside a concealed seam. Occtis proves that its conjuration aura is also an illusion and that the object was deliberately constructed to fool Azune.
An unidentified object or effect was detected near the back of Thjazi’s coat. Thjazi was its apparent bearer, but ownership and physical form were never established.
Azune removes the false glyph from Thjazi’s coat during the rescue investigation.
Thjazi Fang is executed at the Guardian Wall after a failed rescue. Episode 2 adds Yanessa’s attributed claim that House Tachonis wanted his death and House Halovar allowed it to preserve the alliance.
The day of Thjazi Fang’s executionThe Failed Rescue of Thjazi FangThe rescue failed after Thimble was attacked, Cyd disappeared and a deliberately planted false glyph deceived Azune’s inspection.
Campaign 4, Episode 2The Discovery of the False Escape GlyphAzune and Occtis discover that the magical signature detected on Thjazi was produced by a deliberately planted ceramic forgery rather than Thimble’s genuine escape glyph.
The immediate failure is known: Thimble was attacked before delivering the genuine glyph, while a different magical signature was placed on Thjazi.
Occtis confirms that the object never held the escape magic its aura claimed.
Statements are labelled by how the transcript establishes them, so direct depiction, testimony, belief and disputed accounts remain distinct.
Azune tells Thjazi that someone placed a delicate ward upon him earlier that day which is intended to transport him away when pressure is applied.
Azune detects traces of conjuration and illusion magic hidden near the back of Thjazi’s coat and within reach of his manacled hands.
Azune signals to Thjazi that the detected magic is located near the small of his back.
The recovered object is a cheap ceramic piece and is not the escape glyph made by Thimble.
Azune and Occtis discover that the magical signature detected on Thjazi was produced by a deliberately planted ceramic forgery rather than Thimble’s genuine escape glyph.
The rescue failed after Thimble was attacked, Cyd disappeared and a deliberately planted false glyph deceived Azune’s inspection.
Azune finds the ceramic forgery inside a concealed seam. Occtis proves that its conjuration aura is also an illusion and that the object was deliberately constructed to fool Azune.
Azune has recovered the physical forgery. Its maker and route into Thjazi’s coat remain unknown.
Arcane Marshal Azune Nayar secretly contacts Thjazi Fang, confirms the apparent presence of an escape ward and signals where Thjazi must break it to flee 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 saves the critically injured Thimble from death. After awakening and learning of Thjazi’s execution, Thimble reveals that she was attacked before delivering the escape glyph, while Azune confirms that the real glyph remains inside the hideout.
Thimble remembers the masked figures who interrupted her before she could deliver the escape glyph. The survivors reconstruct each stage of the rescue plan and discover that the bodies of at least three attackers Thimble killed have been removed.
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.
