Chapter Interlude – Halfseekers (Pt. 2)

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Released on: Sept. 11, 2025, midnight

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Most mentioned character

169 mentions

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Moore	36
Mrsha	31
Lyonette du Marquin	29

Most mentioned class

14 mentions

[Knight]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Squire]	11
[Princess]	10
[Innkeeper]	4

Most mentioned skill

3 mentions

[Door of Portals]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Garden of Sanctuary]	3
[Immortal Moment]	1

Most mentioned spell

2 mentions

[Flight]

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
[Message]	2
[Lightning Bolt]	1

Most mentioned location

22 mentions

Liscor

Some honourable mentions

Name	Count
Pallass	13
The Wandering Inn	8
Baleros	7

Mentions

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Name	Text
[Innkeeper]	He was behind her. She thought this inn could take no more from her. This wretched place, that [Innkeeper] who asked for everything with tears and a smile. So it had given her something instead.
Moore	Moore.
Jelaqua Ivirith	Jelaqua Ivirith ran through the streets of Liscor until she ruptured a tendon in her body’s legs and went crashing down. She skidded across the ground, shredding her clothing and the outer layer of her body’s skin from the sheer speed she’d been running and the friction.
Liscor	Jelaqua Ivirith ran through the streets of Liscor until she ruptured a tendon in her body’s legs and went crashing down. She skidded across the ground, shredding her clothing and the outer layer of her body’s skin from the sheer speed she’d been running and the friction.
[Knight]	She felt none of it, of course. Got up, limping past a [Knight] in armor sitting on the rainy street, past pedestrians staring and crying out in horror, heedless of the [Guardswoman] who asked her a question. Her corpse’s senses were gone, replaced by the ringing in her ears, the vision burned into her eyes. The agony in her chest.
[Guardswoman]	She felt none of it, of course. Got up, limping past a [Knight] in armor sitting on the rainy street, past pedestrians staring and crying out in horror, heedless of the [Guardswoman] who asked her a question. Her corpse’s senses were gone, replaced by the ringing in her ears, the vision burned into her eyes. The agony in her chest.
Jelaqua Ivirith	How, exactly, Jelaqua did not know. Kevin had been explaining it when she’d turn and run out of the garden and inn. Now, she kept stumbling forwards until her overexerted body did collapse on the street. Then she lay and stared up at the sky as rain fell on her face.
Kevin Hall	How, exactly, Jelaqua did not know. Kevin had been explaining it when she’d turn and run out of the garden and inn. Now, she kept stumbling forwards until her overexerted body did collapse on the street. Then she lay and stared up at the sky as rain fell on her face.
[Innkeeper]	I will kill her for this, that [Innkeeper].
Moore	Moore. What will Seborn say?
Seborn Sailwinds	Moore. What will Seborn say?
Moore	Moore was alive. Only, it wasn’t Moore. He’d said that, hadn’t he? An older Moore?
Moore	Moore was alive. Only, it wasn’t Moore. He’d said that, hadn’t he? An older Moore?
Moore	Moore was alive. Only, it wasn’t Moore. He’d said that, hadn’t he? An older Moore?
Jelaqua Ivirith	Jelaqua had buried so many friends over the years. She had become used to death as a companion, that merciless thing you cursed that came for everyone. So she wasn’t numb to it, but she understood it.
Jelaqua Ivirith	Selphids respected the dead. Or they went the other way and saw death as a convenience, corpses a disposable tool. What Jelaqua had seen in the inn felt like an abhorrent thing.
Moore	I have to kill that thing wearing Moore’s face. That’s not him. That’s some stranger pretending to be an older him. I cannot let him live. I must call Seborn and right this madness.
Seborn Sailwinds	I have to kill that thing wearing Moore’s face. That’s not him. That’s some stranger pretending to be an older him. I cannot let him live. I must call Seborn and right this madness.
Kevin Hall	And Kevin too? Jelaqua didn’t think of the Human for a second. She reconnected her body to her eyes’ optical nerves and stared up at the sky. When she tried to raise her head, it was with murder in her soul. She realized she’d snapped a bit. All adventurers had their line, their breaking point, and she had hit hers.
Jelaqua Ivirith	And Kevin too? Jelaqua didn’t think of the Human for a second. She reconnected her body to her eyes’ optical nerves and stared up at the sky. When she tried to raise her head, it was with murder in her soul. She realized she’d snapped a bit. All adventurers had their line, their breaking point, and she had hit hers.

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