Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Emperor's Soul"

== Prologue ==

Shai Forges her table. Gaotona asks her what the design is based off, thinking it must be based on some historical artifactartefact like [[Remembering]]. Shai says it is just a better version of itself, and gives Gaotona a lesson in Forgery and [[Realmatic Theory]]. She also gives him some ideas on how to keep the emperor's condition secret.

Shai continues to examine Ashravan's personal journal when Frava comes to speak with her. She reminds the arbiter the she needs someone to test stamps on. Frava attempts to bribe Shai with a position controlling the city's smuggling operations. She also mentions the possibility of putting a back-door to control the emperor in the stamp. Shai had intended to use the full hundred days to plan her escape, but now she realized that her sudden extermination could come at any time.

Shai discovers the letters the Bloodsealer receives are from a woman and scares the Bloodsealer when she asks about her. She considers starting her escape plan but puts it off so she can finish the Essence Mark even though Frava has continued to find reasons to borrow Shai's notes. To help relax Shai Forges the wall into being painted. Gaotona points out that it shouldn't have taken but Shai says the wall wants to be beautiful. After an accusation from Shai, Gaotona reveals he has been practicingpractising reading [[Shai's Essence Marks]]. They then discuss the five stamps and Shai's escape plan. Shai tells Gaotona she destroyed the painting at the behest of the painter, who trained her when she was younger. Shai reaches the final stage in the Forging of the emporeremperor's soul, melding all of her previous stamps into one.

[[Hurli]] picks up a letter, forged by Shai, that hethe Bloodsealer appeared to have dropped. It begins Shai's escape plan. She thinks about how she needs one more day to finish the soul and how luckily her escape plan requires one more day of waiting.

Shai finishes the Essence Mark. Zu comes in and dismisses the other guards. He then tries to kill Shai but falls into the trap she had set as part of her escape plan. The BloodsearBloodsealer's mark fails and Shai is free to leave her room. She makes her way to the emperor's chambers and stamps the emperor. The Essence Mark takes and Ashravan tells her to escape while she can. During her flight from the emperor's chambers, Shai almost collides with a [[gyorn]] ambassador. The Bloodsealer begins to track Shai but she waits for Gaotona in the hallway leading to the emporeremperor's rooms. Gaotona arrives and Shai tells him the Mark worked. Gaotona gives Shai her Essence Marks and realizes he has been manipulated. Shai says she manipulated him by being genuine. She gives Gaotona a book and says she will change her last Mark to include a kindly grandfather.

Ashravan makes a speechtalks to the assembled [[Factions]]. Gaotona remarks to Frava that it is something the old Ashravan would have done. Frava finds out the forged painting was stolen from her office.

Shai reveals she left a [[Aon #Reo|Reo rune]] in its frame. She then stamps herself with her survivalist Essence Mark.

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