EoS Chapter 43

Chapter Forty-Three: Freed from Darkness

Meris awakens injured in darkness, soon facing a resurrected Lord Priest Ulrikt, who claims Sol returned him from the Road of Living Stars—without the Sliver of Star—to lead the Silone into a new Panthenate era under the Prophecy of the Twelfth Star, tied to the Eye of the Fire Lion. Ulrikt heals Meris and offers her a choice between death or continued service, assigning her a final duty involving murder, which she accepts before departing Istinjoln in a wagon, wary of its troubles. Meanwhile, Dareun’s spirit, haunted by his torture and death, searches Istinjoln’s depths, discovering his and Ulrikt’s bodies in the oubliette, a pit for feral children, prompting him to question the Church’s treatment of such magic and Ulrikt’s true identity. The chapter intertwines Meris’ renewed purpose and Dareun’s revelations, exposing layers of deception and divine intrigue within Istinjoln’s decaying walls.

• EoS Chapter 42 — Tomb of the Touched
• EoS Chapter 44 — Shadows in Istinjoln

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