In parallel, Nazzo suppresses the Light before retracing the failures of his past, while a necrolyte binds restless spirits into a new blade. Both accounts lead toward hidden orcs in the wilds, though one ends at the moment of contact.
A redacted informant’s report describes infiltrating a Grin funeral in Stonard and recommends exploiting the clan’s depleted forces and internal divisions. A private note softens the betrayal, but Gorfrunch orders the spy found and punished.