WoG Chapter 41
Chapter Forty-One: Impassable Waters edit
Solineus and the Silone Armada navigate the perilous Monsoon Strait, dodging islands and shallows to avoid the Boboru, only to find the Mûulbon Delta occupied by forty Histê ships swarming ancient ruins. With no way upriver, Solineus opts to sail for Nudoru Bay in the Gulf of Tomulok, hoping to find Gorô allies to bypass the Boboru blockade. Arriving at the grim, weathered port of Nodoru, they meet Benelê, a Gorô translator promising to connect them with Captain Galortêu, reputedly from the free city of Izdelê Oltumênu. In the chaotic Hissing Mink tavern, Solineus locks eyes with Polênu Juvilêus, the enigmatic Contessa of Mostul Ûbar, feeling an inexplicable connection as they inexplicably speak Edan. Their moment is cut short when Polênu assassinates Galortêu, claiming he’d betray them to the Boboru, before being escorted away by Gorô sailors to her ship, the Silver Willow. Dismissing Benelê’s protests and threats, Solineus, urged by an instinctive trust in Polênu despite Adinvan’s skepticism, resolves to meet her, sensing she holds the key to their passage through the war-torn gulf, even as the tavern’s hostile stares signal growing danger.
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