Chapter Summaries (Empire of Silence)

Chapter 1: Hadrian

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 2: Like Distant Thunder

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 3: Consortium

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 4: The Devil and the Lady

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 5: Tigers and Lambs

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 6: Truth without Beauty

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Colosso

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Chapter 7: Meidua

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Lowtown

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Chapter 8: Gibson

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 9: Bread and Circuses

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Capitol Building

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Chapter 10: The Law of Birds and Fishes

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Shoreline outside of Devil's Rest

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Chapter 11: At What Cost

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Delian Miners Guild Hall Office
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > House Marlowe Family Penthouse

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Chapter 12: The Ugliness of the World

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 13: The Scourging at the Pillar

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

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Chapter 14: Fear is a Poison

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Airfield outside of Devil's Rest

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Chapter 15: The Summer Palace

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Haspida > House Kephalos Summer Palace

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Chapter 16: Mother

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Haspida > House Kephalos Summer Palace

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Chapter 17: Valedictory

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Haspida > Landing Field at the House Kephalos Summer Palace

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Chapter 18: Rage is Blindness

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Haspida > House Kephalos Summer Palace

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Chapter 19: The Edge of the World

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Karch (Island City) > Wine Sink near the Docks

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Chapter 20: Off the Map

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Artemia Prefecture > Karch (Island City) > On Board the Starship Eurynasir

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Chapter 21: The Outer Dark

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Spur of Orion > Delos > Orbit Shipping Lanes > On Board the Starship Eurynasir

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Chapter 22: Marlowe Alone

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > City Clinic

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Chapter 23: Resurrection in Death

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Starport Terminal

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Chapter 24: Those Mindless Days

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Belows

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Chapter 25: Poverty and Punishment

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Storm Drain between the Belows and the White District

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Chapter 26: Cat

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Belows

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Chapter 27: Forsaken

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > White District

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Chapter 28: Wrong

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > White District

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Chapter 29: Less Wings to Fly

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Belows

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Chapter 30: The Umandh

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Southern Docks / Fishery Warehouses

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Chapter 31: Less Wings to Fly

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Storm Drain beneath the stock exchanges on High Street

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Chapter 32: Stand Clear

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Rooftop above a Corner Store

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Chapter 33: To Make a Myrmidon

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Examination Room

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Chapter 34: Men of Grosser Blood

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Training Field

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Chapter 35: Proper Men

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Showers (Hypogeum)

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Chapter 36: Teach Them How to War

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Arena

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Chapter 37: Might Never Die

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Bar Hopping in the White District

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Chapter 38: Blood Like Wax

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Outside the Colosso Dormitories

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Chapter 39: A Kingdom for a Horse

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Starship Salvage Yard in the Belows

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Chapter 40: A Monopoly on Suffering

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Belows

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Chapter 41: Friends

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Training Field

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Chapter 42: Speak Like a Child

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Hypogeum

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Chapter 43: The Count and His Lord

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > House Mataro Palace

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Chapter 44: Anaïs and Dorian

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers

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Chapter 45: Lose the Stars

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Lord Mataro's Seat Box at Colosso

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Chapter 46: The Doctor

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > House Mataro Palace

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Chapter 47: The Cage

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers

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Chapter 48: The Triumph

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Lord Mataro's Seat Box at Colosso

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Chapter 49: Brothers in Arms

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > House Mataro Palace

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Chapter 50: Without Pretense

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > ???? Prefecture > Ulakiel (island) > Umandh Alienage

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Chapter 51: Familiar

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Courtyard

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Chapter 52: Little Talks

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Diplomatic Apartments at the House Mataro Palace

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Chapter 53: A Game of Snake and Mongoose

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Great Hall

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Chapter 54: Gaslight

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers

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Chapter 55: The Quiet

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Diplomatic Apartments at the House Mataro Palace

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Chapter 56: Witches and Demons

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Emeshi Fishers Guild Main Hall

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Chapter 57: Second

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Colosso Hypogeum

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Chapter 58: Barbarians

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Garden

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Chapter 59: On the Eve of Execution

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers

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Chapter 60: The Sword, Our Orator

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Garden

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Chapter 61: A Kind of Exile

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Lord Mataro's Office

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Chapter 62: A Guilded Cage

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers

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Chapter 63: Calagah

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Archaeological Site

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Chapter 64: The Larger World

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Research Camp at Calagah

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Chapter 65: I Dare Not Meet in Dreams

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Tunnels

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Chapter 66: The Satrap and the Swordmaster

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Archaeological Site

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Chapter 67: Lost Time

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Archaeological Site

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Chapter 68: Help

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Archaeological Site

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Chapter 69: Of Monsters

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Cielcin Shipwreck
Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Tunnels

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Chapter 70: Demon-Tongued

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Tolbaran Prefecture > Tolbaran > Calagah Tunnels

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Chapter 71: Inquisition

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Council Chamber

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Chapter 72: Pale Blood

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Interrogation Chambers beneath the Chantry Bastille

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Chapter 73: Ten Thousand Eyes

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > City Suite owned by House Mataro

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Chapter 74: The Labyrinth

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Interrogation Chambers beneath the Chantry Bastille

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Chapter 75: Mercy Is

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Chambers
Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Interrogation Chambers beneath the Chantry Bastille

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Chapter 76: Deathbed Conversions

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Interrogation Chambers beneath the Chantry Bastille

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Chapter 77: A Rare Thing

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Borosevo Castle Council Chamber

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Chapter 78: Quality

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Veil of Marinus > Emesh > Borosevo Prefecture > Borosevo > Private Airfield on the Edge of the City

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Dramatis Personae:

House Marlowe of Delos

On the Planet Delos

House Mataro of Emesh

On the Planet Emesh

The Wider World

Index of Worlds: A Note on Astrography

Lexicon: A Note on Translation