A winter road outside Hollow Bell territory. Snow falls unnaturally far south as an imperial carriage approaches the keep.

Hollow Bell Keep receives Sirin under threat of imminent succession crisis.

The imperial writ is read at the keep gate while loyal soldiers and servants measure Sirin's value.

Sirin is taken through the keep toward the death chamber as the rules become immediate.

Sirin listens for the True Name and hears it in the wrong place.

Odran and his supporters begin testing the succession from outside the sickroom.

The faction moves without battle, using procedure and position as weapons.