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<span style="color: #FFFFFF !important;">Chapter Five: Predator Street</span> =
Poleen Juvukis, clad in Gibelê’s spare clothes, rides a borrowed horse toward Vitolêô, the cigar box tied to her belt, driven to rescue her mother Ezeldu from the Notoholis Aprelêu. Her fragmented memories flicker—Ezeldu’s smile, a man’s laughter, possibly her father—but the Forgetting obscures her past. At dusk, she stops at the Tipsy Tankard, a roadside inn, where a drunkard’s lewd advance sparks a brawl. Poleen’s predatory instincts erupt, snapping the man’s wrist and felling others with lethal precision, her strength uncanny. The innkeeper, wary of her ferocity, offers shelter but warns of Notoholis riders nearby, likely Nedrich nâ Hilêômbrâ’s men. A cryptic patron hints the cigar box holds more than cigars, tied to the Berjer tê Aprelêu’s schemes. Fleeing before dawn to evade pursuit, Poleen learns Ezeldu’s ship departs Vitolêô soon, her resolve hardened by Benê’s death and Juvukis’ Bloom’s ashes.
Poleen Juvukis rides sidesaddle toward Vitolêô with Gibelê, the cigar box hidden near the Pillar of Ilûmnê, her Forgetting veiling memories of Ezeldu and Benê. Vitolêô’s tan buildings and grand Cathedral of Ermûñô Tebedêz stir childhood awe, now tainted by Ezeldu’s imprisonment in the Citadel of Netelu Dullûs. Gibelê, a former Naval Guard, fears the city’s treachery but escorts her to the House of the Yellow Leaf. There, Trademaster Nokumor Orpingtun reveals the box held indilus root, not just cigars, and panics at Poleen’s mention of donu-honêsh, burning evidence of Humeric tû Yulêz’s involvement. He confirms Ezeldu’s arrest, likely for indilus, and urges Poleen to leave, promising discreet inquiries. A sudden hailstorm greets her exit, and Gibelê, sheltering nearby, suggests rooms at the Dew Flower Inn. Poleen agrees to wait while he investigates Ezeldu’s fate, her resolve steeled despite the Notoholis Aprelêu’s shadow.


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Revision as of 11:08, 7 May 2025

Chapter Five: Predator Street = Poleen Juvukis rides sidesaddle toward Vitolêô with Gibelê, the cigar box hidden near the Pillar of Ilûmnê, her Forgetting veiling memories of Ezeldu and Benê. Vitolêô’s tan buildings and grand Cathedral of Ermûñô Tebedêz stir childhood awe, now tainted by Ezeldu’s imprisonment in the Citadel of Netelu Dullûs. Gibelê, a former Naval Guard, fears the city’s treachery but escorts her to the House of the Yellow Leaf. There, Trademaster Nokumor Orpingtun reveals the box held indilus root, not just cigars, and panics at Poleen’s mention of donu-honêsh, burning evidence of Humeric tû Yulêz’s involvement. He confirms Ezeldu’s arrest, likely for indilus, and urges Poleen to leave, promising discreet inquiries. A sudden hailstorm greets her exit, and Gibelê, sheltering nearby, suggests rooms at the Dew Flower Inn. Poleen agrees to wait while he investigates Ezeldu’s fate, her resolve steeled despite the Notoholis Aprelêu’s shadow.

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