Murders of a similar fashion to that that occured in Russia and Rhunnic lands occur in Shigori lands, and a massacred family is found along the Nile. A single boat disappears from the harbor on Rhodes, heading south into the Mediterrean before being lost. Meanwhile, the wolf-man of Cyprus has been seen near the town of Paphos, heading towards a farmstead east of the town by a cliff.
Meanwhile, a small group of folk from the west has entered Bloodsworn lands, being led by a charamastic old diplomat. He delievers speeches in small villages, playing on the Bloodsworn's fierce love for Viktor Isenblood and independence to cause unrest. However, they do not display this unrest in public or in private, rather hiding it.