Written in Blood

4 Frostide, 52

A grim revelation, a tea date, and a visit with family

Played on: Aug 13 2025

The smell of blood seeps through the floor as dusk begins. Adelheid tracks it to Grimwald's room, and Vira picks the lock. We see Grimwald writing 'come back to me my love' in circles in blood on the walls. Vira knocks Grimwald out of it, and it is revealed that he was possessed by his wife (which he knows as he recognizes the writing).

Caiden, The Scrimshander, and Mad head toward the castle, while Vira and Adelheid head out for their 'date'. Heading to a rickety old tea house called the Splintered Spoon Tearoom, in Witherwood District. Vira meets with the resistance, specifically with an Eboncask and Brightwick. Maeve, the founder's Sixth Child is involved in the resistance, she has been in the Vein for 2 seasons now. Brightwick asks Adelheid where she's from, as he places her accent in a town called Grimmwald, outside Maradov, he was surprised that anyone from that town might still live, as the people who lived their apparently all starved and died before the Mist came.

Scrimshander and Caiden make their way to the castle, passing through an absurdly large door at the entrance. Caiden speaks with his grandfather, who appears quite well, and seems to be genuinely nice to Caiden, and somewhat senile/old. Also Caiden has a (twin?) sister Casey (Cassy?). The second and third child are long dead, the fourth and fifth could rule in case of the deposition of the first child, the sixth child is not in favour.

Summary by John