The investigation into Elia's murder was still proceeding in secret, yet it had taken an unexpected turn.
The once-illustrious House Hollard of Duskendale, second in power only to the lord of the city, had seen most of its members—including the lord himself—sent away to the Wall in the North for their involvement in the rebellion, leaving behind only a few cadet branches.
These cadet branches dreamed of rising into the ranks of the high nobility. With sharp instincts, they noticed strangers appearing in Duskendale and even stole an artifact bearing the family crest from the barn where the assassins had been hiding.
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