Halandil Fang’s modest family home near the top of the Rookery, overlooking the River Vrosh and his theatre.
The Fang home stands near the top of the Rookery. It is modest but large enough to contain several bedrooms, a broad gathering room and Halandil’s cluttered creative study. The study is filled with books, musical instruments and unfinished compositions. From the home, the family can look out over the River Vrosh and Halandil’s nearby theatre.
Consequence, authority and the mysteries left behind in Dol-Makjar
Episode 1 begins with Thjazi Fang’s execution, a rescue that has already gone wrong and a wake full of old friends, enemies and secrets. Here are the main pieces of lore it leaves behind.
The residence stands high within the Rookery and overlooks the River Vrosh.
Several family bedrooms
A large gathering room
Halandil’s creative study
Books and musical instruments
Unfinished compositions
A view over the River Vrosh
A view towards Halandil’s theatre
The home is being prepared for Thjazi Fang’s Farramh and the arrival of mourners.
Events explicitly established as taking place here.
When Thimble’s name was spoken downstairs, Thaisha’s silver box flew open and shattered black clay began assembling into a mask resembling Bolaire’s.
Julien secretly spat upon Thjazi’s body, crossing the Old Path protection around the Farramh and drawing an unknown shadow after him.
Thjazi’s family and community gathered at the Fang home for an orcish Farramh beginning on the day of his death.
Cyd was responsible for positioning the rescue wagon but never appeared, and neither Teor nor Azune knows where he is.
The survivors establish that Cyd’s precise role was to move Casimir’s wagon into position so that Thjazi could teleport inside it. Cyd’s disappearance therefore removed a critical stage of the extraction plan.
The Stone was removed from the hideout during the attack. Its purpose is now known, but its current holder and the motive for taking it are not.
The Stone was created after Sylandri’s original nightingale guardian was destroyed during the Shapers’ War.
After Julien violates the Farramh’s Old Path protection, Bolaire sees a small shadow-like presence follow him away.
Bolaire believes that the museum’s resources may contain information about the old folkloric magic responsible for the shadow.
A box retrieved at Thjazi’s request opens when Thimble’s name is spoken and forms a black-clay mask resembling Bolaire’s living mask.
Thaisha believes that retrieving the box was the final thing Thjazi asked her to do.
Vaelus witnessed the death of Sylandri, described as the final god of Aramán, seventy years before Episode 1.
Vaelus remembers watching the final god of Aramán die seventy years earlier, but the place, cause and killer are not revealed.
Statements are labelled by how the transcript establishes them, so direct depiction, testimony, belief and disputed accounts remain distinct.
The Fang family home stands near the top of the Rookery and overlooks the River Vrosh and Halandil’s theatre.
The Fang home contains Halandil’s cluttered creative study, filled with books, musical instruments and unfinished compositions.
While preparing for the Farramh, Shadia begins setting the table as though Thjazi might return for one of the family’s customary dinners.
Olgud arrives at the Fang home carrying cranberry cream rolls and flowers for Thjazi’s Farramh.
Thaisha casts Enrichment upon the ground outside the Fang home.
Thaisha’s Enrichment causes plants within half a mile of the Fang home to grow slightly greener and more fruitful for one year.
Pin abruptly disappears from view while inside the Fang home.
Halandil tells Thaisha that her room at the Fang home is ready for her.
A carriage from Brethren Hall brings Thjazi’s body to the Fang home.
Two Enquirers named Horace and Groto accompany Thjazi’s body to the Fang home.
Thjazi’s body is covered by a white funerary sheet when it arrives at the Fang home.
Azune personally lifts Thjazi’s body and carries him into the Fang home.
Thjazi’s body is placed upon a body-length resting surface in an alcove of the Fang family gathering room.
Thjazi left the Fang home as a young man.
Shadia arranges candles, Thjazi’s favourite liquor, coins and personal objects around his body.
Many of Thjazi’s valued belongings remained at the Fang home during his later life.
Thjazi’s later life was dangerous enough that he avoided carrying possessions he could not abandon during a rapid escape.
A small tin box containing old orcish rune stones is one of Thjazi’s childhood possessions.
Wicander and Tyranny arrive in a guarded carriage bearing the emblem of the Candescent Creed.
The jasmine surrounding the Fang home grows across the road and prevents the Candescent Creed carriage from reaching the house.
Wicander intends to deliver Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil at the Fang home.
The carriage driver warns Wicander that he is entering the funeral of a man who has just been executed.
The vines surrounding the Fang home grow thorns as Wicander declares that his family is beloved.
The cold-iron nail above the Fang home’s doorway is one of the original nails crafted by the Lloy family.
Thaisha gave the Lloy cold-iron nail to Halandil for the Fang home.
The Lloy cold-iron nail burns hot and produces smoke when Tyranny knocks upon the Fang home’s door.
Occtis opens the Fang home’s door and reluctantly invites Wicander and Tyranny inside.
Halandil’s expression goes blank when he and Wicander see one another across the Fang home.
After meeting Wicander’s gaze, Halandil immediately retreats towards the kitchen carrying his tray of drinks.
Yahrgraz is an Orcish liquor considered exceptionally unpleasant and difficult to drink.
Tyranny drinks approximately three quarters of a bottle of Yahrgraz in less than ten seconds.
Olgud explains that a guest attending a funeral inside someone’s home should not raid the family’s kitchen.
Thaisha intervenes when Tyranny begins taking ingredients from the Fang kitchen and escorts her away.
Shadia thanks Thaisha for stopping Tyranny from raiding their kitchen.
During his private conversation with Teor, Azune repeatedly watches the direction in which Halandil withdrew.
Shadia gives Wicander a rose-coloured flower brew containing no alcohol.
When Shadia asks how he knew her uncle, Wicander admits that he did not know Thjazi well but says that Thjazi’s esteem and reputation were widely recognised.
After noticing Thjazi’s scimitar in Wicander’s hand and seeing that Halandil has withdrawn, Shadia leads Wicander to her father’s writing and music room.
A deed upon Halandil’s desk shows that the Revolutionary Council granted him the Dithyramb of Azgra for use by his theatre company. Halandil is responsible for safeguarding the venue against arcane disturbances.
Wicander formally introduces himself to Shadia as Light Priest Wicander Halovar before meeting privately with Halandil.
Before leaving Wicander alone with her father, Shadia’s expression softens and she thanks Wicander for whatever he attempted to do for Thjazi.
Halandil corners Wicander in the study and demands an explanation, reminding him that they had already spoken and that Wicander promised the matter was handled.
Wicander admits that he failed Halandil. He says that he spoke with his family and received their full assurance that Thjazi would be spared.
Wicander says that ruthless punishment for minor crimes against House Tachonis is not the Halovar way and claims that his family did not care about the offended house or the underlying crime.
Wicander explains that commuting Thjazi’s sentence would have improved the Halovar family’s reputation and helped its outreach across Dol-Makjar because Thjazi was widely admired.
Halandil studies Wicander for signs of deception but is unable to determine whether Wicander is telling him the whole truth.
Wicander claims that lying and deception violate his faith. He tells Halandil that he respects him as a person, teacher and performer and would not knowingly deceive him.
Halandil reveals that Wicander was one of the failsafes intended to protect Thjazi when other parts of the rescue plan failed.
Wicander attempts to comfort Halandil with the Candescent belief that a soul’s Light rejoins the Candescence of the universe after death, causing the universe to grow brighter.
Halandil pours two glasses of Thjazi’s favourite liquor, places one in Wicander’s hand and asks him to drink. Despite his religious prohibition against alcohol, Wicander reluctantly drinks with him.
While heavily intoxicated and holding Tyranny’s ear, Thaisha explains that she and Halandil fell in love when they were approximately nineteen and later had children together.
Thaisha says that Halandil’s beautiful art caused her to fall in love with the wider world. She became a druid and describes herself as having abandoned their children to follow that calling.
After drinking heavily, Thaisha blacks out while still performing the Farramh rites and holding Tyranny’s ear.
Azune pulls Occtis aside and sends a message directly into his mind, saying that they must determine what went wrong with their plan.
Azune and Occtis agree that Thaisha is currently too intoxicated to help them reconstruct the failed rescue.
Occtis tells Azune that the situation has become more complicated because Wicander Halovar is present at the Farramh.
Azune and Occtis agree that they must locate Thimble. Neither of them saw her during Thjazi’s execution.
Azune says that he performed the planned magical scan and, as far as he knows, Thimble successfully completed her part of the rescue.
Occtis explains that Thjazi never arrived for the extraction, meaning that Occtis and Thaisha’s part of the rescue plan never took place.
Azune tells Occtis that Teor’s brother Cyd was supposed to help with the rescue but has not been seen by Teor since his return.
Occtis proposes travelling to the hideout to see whether Thimble is there. Azune agrees and asks Occtis to meet him outside.
Azune asks Teor whether he wants answers and tells him to meet outside in five minutes, where Azune may be able to lead him to them.
Occtis approaches the intoxicated Thaisha but decides against speaking. As he passes Tyranny, he tells the demon that she is very much not welcome in the Fang home.
Azune, Occtis, and Teor meet outside the Fang home. Occtis confirms that he knows the house where Thimble was working, and the three depart through Dol-Makjar as rain begins to fall.
Because the genuine escape glyph remains with Thimble, Azune concludes that a different object carrying the same magical signatures must still be concealed upon Thjazi’s body. The investigators decide that they need to return to the Fang home.
Kattigan admits that he followed Teor, Azune, and Occtis from the Fang home to the Tanners, mocking them as noisy, loud, clumsy, and easy to track even while he was half drunk.
After the execution, Kattigan follows Teor and the others to the Fang home. He considers entering the Farramh but turns away when the gathering grows louder and more celebratory. When the investigators emerge, he follows them instead.
After learning that Thjazi’s body is at Halandil’s home, Thimble tearfully asks the others to take her there.
Bolaire approaches the Fang home wearing fine black leather and suede over deep crimson clothing. Long, dark-red curls frame a grey clay mask whose black eyes contain tiny reflected blue lights and whose features move like a living face.
Bolaire says that they did not know Thjazi particularly well. Their dealings were private and often conducted through an intermediary.
Thaisha summons her wild companion Hala, a deer-like spirit who continues performing the Farramh rites while Thaisha turns away to greet Bolaire.
The Fang home fills with relatives, neighbours, arcanists, occultists, and some of Thjazi’s criminal associates. Guests approach his body and place brass rings, brooches, necklaces, and other small treasures upon him.
Elodie enters the Farramh wearing a gown made from rich imported textiles, accompanied by her young half-orc daughter Hero. Hero immediately runs to Halandil and hugs her father.
Elodie confirms that she attended Thjazi’s execution. She embraces Thaisha, offers Halandil her condolences, and avoids dwelling upon the comparatively positive state of her own life and business.
Elodie greets Bolaire as Master Lathalia and says that she saw them elsewhere in the nobles’ viewing gallery. Bolaire responds that they remain at her service.
Halandil welcomes Bolaire and thanks them for attending. Neither Halandil nor his family reacts with surprise to Bolaire’s living mask, suggesting that they are already familiar with both Bolaire and their unusual appearance.
After drinking heavily, Tyranny quotes Embers, Verse 151: “Cloud not the spark with poison.” Wicander publicly rebukes her and uses Thaumaturgy to command her to be still.
On behalf of House Halovar, Wicander formally presents Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil. Halandil accepts the blade and describes the gesture as a kindness.
A gleaming green-and-gold carriage of the Sundered House of Royce approaches the Fang home, drawn by four snow-white horses.
Upon reaching the Fang home, Aranessa asks for a moment alone in the carriage to compose herself. Julien respects her request and enters the Farramh ahead of her.
Wicander offers to ask his family for more information about Thjazi’s execution. Halandil asks him to leave the matter alone temporarily, saying they can pick up the pieces over the following days.
Loza tells Wicander that she is retiring and intends to return towards her family, who live further into Kahad near Dol-Rungja.
With her retirement approaching, Loza recommends Teor to Wicander as a loyal, shrewd, and capable guardian who has served noble houses and causes throughout Pasitar and other realms.
Wicander offers to make arrangements to employ Teor himself or to seek a place for him through House Halovar. Loza agrees to call upon him at Villa Aurora after the funeral.
Thaisha causes the jasmine and greenery around the Fang home to grow lush for Aranessa’s arrival. When Julien steps from the carriage, she commands every plant around his feet to wither.
Aranessa awkwardly embraces Halandil upon entering the Fang home. When she sees Thjazi’s body upon the table, she apologises to Halandil for failing to save him.
Aranessa greets Wicander with barely concealed rage and sarcastically remarks upon the burden House Halovar must have carried in allowing justice to be served when it supposedly desired another outcome.
Wicander insists that House Halovar did more than merely wish for Thjazi to be spared and claims that the family actively worked towards a different outcome.
Aranessa reveals that she visited Villa Aurora the previous day to speak with Wicander’s mother but was left waiting for approximately two or three hours without receiving her attention.
Sensing that Aranessa’s confrontation is becoming politically dangerous, Thaisha urges Tyranny to get Wicander away. Tyranny vomits and insists that they must leave immediately.
Aranessa remarks that House Royce and House Halovar are now aligned and represented together upon the Chamber of Lords-Advisory, despite the divisions associated with the Shapers’ War.
After Wicander leaves, Aranessa criticises the Candescent Creed as worship of a divinity without the inconvenience of possessing a voice or perspective.
Aranessa approaches Thjazi’s heavily adorned body, kisses his cheek and lips, and finally accepts through tears that he is gone.
Thaisha contrasts the Candescent teaching of returning to the Light with her own belief that Thjazi has returned to the story and song of the world. Halandil adds that Thjazi changed everyone who knew him.
Aranessa tells Halandil that the doors to Faerie have shut and that fewer messages are reaching the Golden Orchard. She fears that her name and inherited influence may soon cease to carry meaning.
Aranessa warns that Houses Halovar and Tachonis appear to become stronger with every passing day while Faerie’s connection to the mortal world weakens.
Facing an uncertain future and Thjazi’s death, Aranessa wonders aloud whether she should have accepted his invitation to run away with him years earlier.
Halandil takes Aranessa’s hand and says that the whole world is getting away from them. Aranessa agrees that the world is changing.
Murray Mag’Nesson arrives late and dishevelled by the rain, bringing cranberry rolls and a bottle of Yahrgraz for Thjazi’s Farramh.
Murray is introduced as a dwarven woman with long auburn hair, a broad flat-brimmed hat and a colourful sleeveless duster. She uses wizard magic to restore her rain-soaked appearance.
Murray has carefully braided facial hair, shining nails and an index fingernail shaped like the nib of an ink pen or quill.
Murray recognises many practising arcanists at the Farramh as members of the magical underworld with whom Thjazi had recently associated.
Tashmara Cobblegrave catches Murray’s eye from among the gathered arcanists and greets her.
A tiny gnome called Uncle Emerald greets Murray from beneath a crooked top hat and offers his condolences.
Three missing teeth on the right side of Murray’s mouth have been replaced with gemstones resembling ruby, clear quartz and purple quartz.
Davrasi Gaunt approaches Murray, offers condolences and asks whether she still requires a collection of skulls.
Halandil formally welcomes Murray and tells her that her presence honours the Fang family.
Murray explains that she brought Yahrgraz because she knew it was Thjazi’s favourite drink, and Halandil confirms it.
While Murray’s arrival distracts the mourners, Julien separates from the gathering and approaches Thjazi’s body.
Hala remains positioned near Thjazi’s head and stares directly at Julien, making clear that the companion is connected to Thaisha.
Hala leaves Thjazi’s side to find Hero, leaving Julien alone with the body without any mortal mourner watching him.
Julien says that his only regret is that he could not watch Thjazi die twice, then spits upon the corpse and walks away.
Halandil carries Thjazi’s scimitar to his study and lays it across the deed to the Dithyramb of Azgra.
Halandil explains that he grew up in the Rookery but not in the current Fang home. Thjazi lived with their father and Thjazi’s mother near the neighbourhood’s edge.
As Thaisha and Julien step outside, Murray notices the cold-iron nail above the entrance glow faintly orange and recognises it as protection against demons and fairies.
Bolaire recognises that the candles, coins and treasures placed around Thjazi form an Old Path protection created by his loved ones.
Bolaire perceives that someone has crossed the Old Path protection surrounding Thjazi’s body.
Bolaire sees a small shadow-like presence born into existence and follow Julien as he walks out of the Fang home.
Bolaire believes that museum resources may help identify the obscure folkloric magic responsible for the shadow.
Thaisha confronts Julien outside the Fang home. Julien says that his friend is grieving and that he needed to close his history with Thjazi in person.
Thaisha accuses Julien of attending only to gloat over Thjazi’s death.
Julien describes Thaisha’s son as an exemplary student and future soldier progressing with both short and long blades under his instruction.
Thaisha says that allowing her son to remain under Julien’s instruction required the last of her wisdom and patience.
Thaisha calls Julien a lying scoundrel who betrayed his father and family for a final hope of glory.
Julien claims that his father dragged House Davinos into disgrace and that Julien restored its position.
Julien claims that Thjazi turned against the people who helped elevate him and therefore needed to be taught a lesson.
Julien openly acknowledges that he hated Thjazi, while insisting that he does not hate Thaisha.
Thaisha says that Julien’s betrayals have failed to restore what his family lost because the door to Faerie remains closed.
Thaisha warns Julien that neither he nor his lady patron will protect him if her son is harmed.
Heat shimmers from Thaisha as she struggles to restrain herself from assuming a Wild Shape and attacking Julien.
The temperature falls about fifteen degrees, the clouds vanish, silver light changes the Rookery and the magpies fall silent.
A solitary figure approaches through darkened streets as something ancient appears to move across Dol-Makjar.
Vaelus is introduced as an exceptionally tall elven woman in obsidian armour and robes, wearing a chainmail mourning veil over arcane scars and burns.
A very long chain is wrapped around Vaelus’s waist and ends in a smoking censer.
Vaelus arrives wearing an ecclesiastical veil of mourning, but the veil is not being worn for Thjazi.
Vaelus identifies herself as one of the Sisters of Sylandri and names Sylandri as the fallen goddess of life, the Green Mother and Shaper of the Elves.
Vaelus asks to speak with the executor responsible for Thjazi’s possessions, and Halandil identifies himself as the person she must address.
Vaelus calls Thjazi a thief and says that he stole something belonging to her.
Vaelus initially describes the stolen object only as a simple stone and declares that she can wait until Halandil searches Thjazi’s belongings.
Aranessa recognises that Vaelus has come from the Mournvale, and Vaelus confirms that she travelled for weeks.
Vaelus tells Aranessa that the man on the table had become very different from the husband she remembered.
Vaelus identifies the stolen object as the Stone of Nightsong, and Bolaire immediately recognises the name.
Vaelus recognises Bolaire as someone she already knows, although the history of their acquaintance remains unexplained.
Vaelus remembers watching the final god of Aramán die seventy years earlier.
Vaelus notices that a female fairy companion who travelled with Thjazi and was present when the Stone was taken is absent from the Farramh.
Vaelus notices the cold-iron nail and realises that the Fang home is familiar with fairies and protections used against them.
Murray says that some mourners may be able to help Vaelus but asks her to lower the hostility in front of the grieving family.
Vaelus apologises and says that during her long years in the mortal world she has forgotten what grieving is like.
Bolaire demands to know why Vaelus is damaging her chances of recovering the Stone. Vaelus responds that Bolaire allowed her into Dol-Makjar.
Thaisha notices the silver box she travelled with and asks Halandil to accompany her upstairs so she can retrieve it.
Shadia asks Halandil whether the family is safe with Vaelus inside their home.
Bolaire recalls that the Stone was created so elves killed through accident or injury could reach Sylandri’s Garden of the Spirit without suffering during the journey.
The Stone was created after Sylandri’s original guardian spirit, an immortal nightingale, was destroyed during the Shapers’ War.
Bolaire asks what it would take for Vaelus to leave the grieving family alone and argues that the Fangs do not knowingly possess the Stone.
Vaelus asks where the little fairy companion who travelled with Thjazi can be found. Murray and Bolaire realise that she means Thimble.
When Thimble’s name is spoken downstairs, the silver box upstairs flies open and the black clay and velvet hidden within begin moving together.
The shaking black clay and velvet rapidly assemble into the shape of a mask resembling the living clay mask worn by Bolaire.
Thaisha says that retrieving the silver box was the final thing she believes Thjazi asked her to do.
Halandil returns to his home in the Rookery, where his daughter Shadia prepares the house for Thjazi’s Farramh. Hal comforts her before his old friend and business partner Olgud Akarat arrives to help receive the mourners.
Thaisha Lloy and Occtis arrive at the Fang home after the failed attempt to rescue Thjazi. Thaisha reunites with Halandil and their daughter Shadia, while Occtis reveals that Thjazi helped him when he was a child.
Azune brings Thjazi’s body to the Fang home, carries his former commander inside and helps place him for the beginning of the Farramh.
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.
Wicander Halovar and Tyranny arrive outside the Fang home in a carriage bearing the symbol of the Candescent Creed. They carry Thjazi’s scimitar, but the plants and birds of the Rookery react aggressively to their presence.
Wicander Halovar and Tyranny enter the Fang home carrying Thjazi’s scimitar. An old cold-iron ward reacts to Tyranny’s presence, Halandil withdraws from Wicander, and Tyranny receives an awkward introduction to mortal funeral etiquette.
Azune and Teor compare what they know about Thjazi’s execution and the changes within Dol-Makjar. Their conversation reveals that Teor’s younger brother Cyd was meant to participate in the failed rescue but has disappeared.
Halandil confronts Wicander over his failed assurance that Thjazi would be spared. Wicander admits that he relied upon his family’s promise, while Halandil reveals that Wicander was intended to serve as a failsafe in the rescue plan.
Azune and Occtis compare the failed stages of Thjazi’s rescue and realise that Thimble and Cyd are both missing. They recruit Teor and leave the Farramh to investigate Thimble’s secret hideout in the Tanners.
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.
Loza asks Wicander to help Teor find work after her retirement. Aranessa then confronts House Halovar’s claims that it tried to save Thjazi before mourning her estranged husband and warning Halandil that Faerie’s influence is fading.
The colourful dwarven arcanist Murray Mag’Nesson arrives late to Thjazi’s Farramh with cranberry rolls and Yahrgraz. Her presence reveals the magical underworld and unconventional associates surrounding Thjazi during the final years of his life.
Julien secretly spits upon Thjazi’s body while the mourners are distracted. As he later leaves the Fang home, Bolaire perceives that the Old Path protection surrounding Thjazi has been crossed and that a small shadow-like presence is following Julien.
Thaisha confronts Julien outside the Farramh over his hatred of Thjazi, his past betrayal of his family and his position as teacher to her son. She warns that no patron or recovered status will protect him if her child is harmed.
An unnatural cold falls across the Rookery as Vaelus, an elven Sister of the fallen goddess Sylandri, arrives from the Mournvale. She accuses Thjazi of stealing the Stone of Nightsong and demands that Halandil return it.
Bolaire recalls the funerary purpose of the Stone of Nightsong while Thaisha retrieves a silver box connected to Thjazi. When Vaelus speaks Thimble’s name, the box opens and shattered black clay begins forming a mask resembling Bolaire’s.
