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;Plot Summary
Venli tells a biased account of the [[War of Reckoning]] to a group of gathered singers, portraying the listeners as a heroic group that fought against the humans who sought to enslave them for years and Venli as a brave leader who discovered the secrets of stormform. She finishes her story by telling about the listeners sacrificing themselves for the singers' freedom and encouraging them to fight for Odium. Venli thinks back on the circumstances that allowed the singers to take over so much of Alethkar. Afterwards, a femalen singer in scholarform brings her a cup of water, and expresses doubt at what they were told to do. Venli expresses frustration at how far behind the singers are. Rine shows up and derides her for being too arrogant. Venli suggests using human slaves to help speed up the work, but Rine tells her that they must kill all the humans to prevent them from manifesting Surgebinding.
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{{Anchor|Interlude 8}}
* [[Sheler]] (Point of view)
* [[Herdazian]] General
* [[Jerono]]
* [[Amaram]] (Mentioned Only)
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;Plot Summary
[[Sheler]] affrontedly listens as a Herdazian general outlines three options for him to take as punishment for an unspecified crime. He indignantly reflects on being captured by Herdazians and how the general is a darkeyes. The general tells him that he can either face the sword, where all the women he abused can take a turn at beheading him, in a way that might be a clean death but could also be very painful; the hammer, in which his arms and legs are broken and he is hung up from a cliff by the ocean, which the general says is an unpleasant option that he suggests not taking; or the hog, in which he is greased and taken to wrestle the hog that lives by the shore. As the general explains, Sheler protests at his treatment, arguing that he was gathering resources because his homeland was under attack and demanding right of ransom, but is told that since he was caught robbing and killing civilians, he will not be given right of ransom. He thinks back on the chaotic situation he was facing, on rampaging parshmen and flying "monsters"([[Fused]]) attacking and scattering his men. He inquires further about the hog and finds out that he will be released if he succeeds in wrestling the hog, but that it isn't as easy as he thinks. Sheler chooses the hog, and is doused in foul-smelling oil and left to face the creature. As an enormous claw breaks the surface of the ocean, he thinks that the "hog" may have been more of a nickname than an accurate description.
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