Various stories on the disappearance of the High King have spread out in Concordia. Everything from masked marauders assaulting the party, to King Meilge pacifying the panicking people by not speaking of the disappearance immediately. Caliburn's disappearance and reemergence in the hands of the Eshu, however, remains the unifying truth.
Lady Songbird finds herself recalled to the Kingdom of Apples where she is formally stripped of her Fiona title and, to her surprise, holdings. She instead gains the position of Goblin Town's Advocate and discovers that Cadmium Redd has met an unexpected fatal accidental death.
The Parliament of Dreams struggles through the months to work together in the absence of the High King, but soon infighting and politicking lead to the Parliament of Dreams breaks down and pretty much dissolves. Prior to its destruction, however, a panel is made to investigate the disappearance of David, and culminates with King Meilge himself being called to the stand for questioning, and all Gwydion present find no lies from him, even after he temporarily revokes his status as Eiluned during the proceedings with the High Lord's permission. Given the horror that his face suffers from, however, he was permitted to wear his mask during the proceedings.
Morwen meets with Lenore in time and the two find a common ground in their concern for Kithain society. After much discussion, Morwen declares she is willing to support Lenore's rule so long as she is permitted to be her direct Regent and have input on her decision-making. Lenore considers.
Sir Felix learns of the Red Branch knights fragmenting from opposing sides as well, and inadvertently uncovers the existence of another secret faction growing, who identify their fellow members by grabbing the wrist with one hand. He tries to learn more about the factions without risking too much danger.
Lady Songbird soon finds herself kidnapped by a group of commoner rebels and gets introduced to the wily and charismatic Fenarius, a Pooka who seems to be intent in destroying the Sidhe rule. She eventually learns Fenarius is more than meets the eye, for rather than a Pooka, he actually happens to be one of the Thallain known as a Beastie.
Flynn Wordweaver and Sir Felix encounter as well ghosts wandering lost in the Dreaming. They begin to worry what greater events are unfolding that the lack of a unified Concordia will have to contend with. While Felix and Lenore learn from Duke Dray his convictions that he lives, due to the fact his oath to kill David remains unbroken ("Therefore, he must be still alive.") Flynn visits the Patrician and first hand witnesses the frighteningly powerful presence of Danwyn. Danwyn nearly forces Flynn to reveal the whereabouts of Caliburn, but is saved by a sudden twist of fate: the dark twin Duke and Duchess Kali and Siva attempt to kill the self-proclaimed new King.
Escaping the assault, Flynn finds himself pulled by Caliburn away to a new location. There, confused, he finds his two friends, Sir Felix and Lady Songbird drawn to the location as well. Uncertain to what happened, Sir Felix suddenly noticed a billboard that seemingly intones, "The Return of the King" and before the three could decide what to do, the street light nearby shifts to green.
The High King may just be in one of the nearby cars! Acting quickly to try to locate him, Lady Songbird gets run-over by the van which she suspects contains him. Flynn Wordweaver shoves the doors of the van open only to get shot at point blank range by a shotgun. And Sir Felix closes in on the van, worried that he would have to face the vehicle that radiates an immense field of Banality all on his own.
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