Gardens of the Moon: Chapter 3

Setting: Genabaris / Pale

Summary

Captain Paran receives instructions from Topper as he travels by ship to Genabaris. He is to take command of Whiskeyjack’s squad because the possessed Sorry is in the squad. From Genabaris, Paran flies by Green Quorl to Pale.

In Pale, the injured Bellurdan mourns for Nightchill and tells Tattersail that he will soon go out into the Rhivi Plain to raise Nightchill’s barrow.

Whiskeyjack, Kalam and Quick Ben believe that the Bridgeburners are being setup to be eliminated as part of Laseen’s effort to remove the Emperor’s old guard. An officer had been garotted and they suspect Sorry may be the assassin, whether she is a Claw or not. Quick Ben and Kalam get Whiskeyjack to agree with their plan to turn the tables, with Hairlock as their surprise player.

Tattersail makes a Reading of the Fatid for Tayschrenn, with an Ascendant reaching through her. She draws: Orb, Virgin of High House Death, Assassin of High House Shadow, Oponn with Lady’s head high and Crown. She believes Death’s Virgin to be Sorry, although somehow the Rope is connected. She wants to talk with Whiskeyjack.

Paran meets Toc the Younger, the last Claw in the 2nd Army. He reveals that Whiskeyjack once commanded the Seventh Company in Seven Cities. Whiskeyjack and Dujek command much loyalty among the Genabackan armies. Toc’s Claw Master was the officer garotted two days earlier. Paran meets Corporal Picker and Sergeant Antsy, then goes to Knobb's Inn and meets Hedge, Mallet and Trotts from the Ninth.

On his way back to the barracks, he is assassinated by Sorry (Cotillion). Shadowthrone (Ammanas) appears briefly and notes that something has entered the Warren of Shadow.

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