Students of Life & Death #13

Awaking in Denneb's home the next morning, Gore had a quick chat with the Divinaxiom in which it explained it was not an entity as most would understand it; it is a motivation or a goal, which explains its singlemindedness when it came to wanting to find divine beings. It decided to pull back and allow Gore to live unimpeded, and only speak up when a divine presence was nearby.

The group decided to do some information gathering in the upper crest of Trine on Executrix Altar, and discovered the contingent of Dawn Chasers from Wayward had arrived in Trine and were chartering ships to sail to Cypress.

• They also learned Trine was acting as a meeting place for the Dawn Chasers to strike out in force, as an entire army of the militia had gathered in the city

Afterwards, Gore and Ridley decided to take in a game of Jetsam at the Aquara while the rest of the group went to visit Gwenna's parents.

When they arrived, Gwenna's fathers were being visited by Jihyo Chiss, a seemingly confident and powerful underworld figure

• Jihyo claimed she was looking for a woman by the name of "Mercy" who used to live there, and that she had a job for her. Telen and Shane, Gwenna's fathers, explained they didn't know anyone by that name

• Jihyo seemed to recognize Goldcrest and found it very interesting that the automaton was off saving people

After the woman left, the Students and Gwenna's parents had a chat in which Gwenna revealed she was the Mercy Jihyo was looking for, and she came clean about her past

• Her fathers accepted their daughter's history with a little disappointment and reprimanding, but a promise to protect her at all costs

Goldcrest wanted to turn himself in to the Saffron Society, of which Jihyo and his creator, Igon, was a part, but the group decided instead to leave Trine as soon as possible.

Arriving back at Denneb's house, the group reunited but saw Igon and his goons had made it to the house before them

• The Students sunk Igon's barge, leaving him stranded, but not before a gondola operator took a crossbow bolt and died

• The group left the house and sped their way to the docks, eager to get on a ship to Cypress as soon as possible.