An older brewer named Yuri, an older puppeteer named Silvanio, and an adult paladin named Ermesinda threatened a teenaged orator named Eadwyn to pay a new debt. It starts with a hanging of a stockgirl named Honorsola, then to an accusation, and ends with a birth in an abandoned village. An aged duchess named Ubolratana and a young slaver named Luciano tamper with evidence.