WARNING: Spoilers abound throughout this section.
- A novella of stand-alone short stories containing the following flashback scenes:
- Ashe’s last encounter with the mother who abandoned him.
- Ashe’s earlier encounter with Corsis and Nirva at a social event.
- Ashe’s post-coital falling out with Nirva following their conception of Avril.
- Gnorok’s debriefing with Ashe following his rescue of a far younger Solneena during a fortune-hunting raid.
- Corsis’s kidnapping of the infant Avril in his Svithe guise from an enthralled wet nurse.
- Svithe’s enticement of the A Pox’s possibilities to Nirva and her consort.
- Gnorok’s prior investigation into the A Pox vial’s whereabouts, with Ashe tagging along for more selfish reasons.
- Avril’s last encounter with Kindra Shalai and Een while they were pregnant with Matt Burnhelt and Tamona, respectively.
- Gnorok’s recruitment of additional Brigands.
- Ashe and ViRauni’s prior encounter following a failed attack on his tower.
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