Magal: Second in command, has a long blue pointed oiled beard.
Goiloi Peninsula: A slum district. Magal advises covering House Mejora sigil to hide allegiances.
Weapon Sales and Air Transport: Quinn sells weapons and purchases air transport in the Supai-Nokun Steppes, a brutalist architecture area run by House Stadt, then returns to Cartelencia with wealth and workers.
Contact with Reverend Mother Leone: Seeks a fighter for the duel against House Thennatt.
Recommendations: Sylvie Henith, a Ginaz swordmaster under House Stadt, and Audris Becker, close to the Princess of House Eigenshaw. Lady Sarenna chooses Sylvie for her superior skills.
Okinahana City: Quinn looks for weapons, meets the Blue Star Triad and Peter Yao. Yao wants a meeting with Lady Sarenna.
Taxmen Inspection: House Stadt taxmen arrive in Cartelencia. Elias offers help, but Quinn refuses. Quinn arranges a deal with Turgan Moll for tax-free trade at the future spaceport.
Taxmen Confrontation: Quinn authorises non-lethal force against the taxmen, resulting in a gruesome fight where Elias is injured and held in the dungeon so he cannot immediately contact House Stadt.
Doug's Family: Relaxing with his wife Sahti and children, Doug's family is murdered by a "Death Squad." Doug is left gagged and bound.
Blame Strategy: They decide to blame the fight with the taxmen on the Free-City in Cartelencia and request House Stadt's assistance in removing them.
Spaceport Delay: Quinn decides to delay the spaceport construction due to increased attention from House Stadt.
Meeting Sylvie Henith: Lady Sarenna uses the current heir of House Stadt as leverage to convince Sylvie to fight for House Mejora.
The Duel: Intimidates Oda-Khagan Gildur Thennatt into backing down, gaining +10 status for the house.
Interrogation: Doug, blamed for an explosion, is empty and uncooperative. Mentions Eli Nakatsu, a Blue Star Triad member, but it leads nowhere.
Escape: An unknown figure helps Doug escape, providing weapons and a falsified transcript implicating Lady Sarenna in his family's murder. Doug searches the castle, eventually finding and attacking Lady Sarenna in the West Tower.
Confrontation: Doug attacks Lady Sarenna but is ultimately foiled. Philippe Kestrel intervenes and is stabbed with a poisoned knife. Doug charges at Lady Sarenna but as she slips out of his way, he falls out the window to his death. With his final breath he releases a poisonous gas to those around him.