RECAP apr 27

The group awake to find Ren missing. He left a letter stating he doesn't wish to traffic with the wealthy and mighty and his time is better spent elsewhere. With some trepidation, they make their way to the Baron's manse to take an audience with the newly crowned Baron Tyron.

The castellan politely suggests they bathe and don proper attire, so they do. The castellan warns Sister Sevara to be vigilant and diligent, and she passes the message to Cei and Lyra. 

The party enter the audience hall, and there is a suspiciously disproportionate amount of pomp, and oddly illustrious guests in attendance, including Archbishop Astenwick (head of the Ecclesiastes in Hyoria), Tyron's brother Karel and Kollin, Grand Inquisitor Ignacio (head of the Officia Inquisitoraea), Rector-Excelsius Purifier General Sosimar Kaine, and Knight Marshal Jorinian Green.

The non-Ecclesiastes party members are offered lordships and land or gold. Cyrus accepts the gold; Lyra and Bartholomew both take land, and decide on adjoining lands around Anger's Edge-- this feels like a just decision to heal the damage caused by the Bastiens.  Bartholomew is also booked for an appearance at the Amphitheatre. 

Abelard speaks for Ren, and asks to distribute his share of gold to the poor of the city. 

Sevara is interrogated to an almost third-degree extent; the clergy state they can find almost no record of her or who she reports to. They do not pursue the matter further.

Grand Inquisitor Ignacio offers Cei the position of Inquisitor-General. This will require resigning as a Purifier-- the role which her life and identity are built around-- and taking over a more administrative role at the Officia Inquisitoraea, where she will no longer be reporting to Kaine. He also states that the late Purifier-General Lyonel Havikar considered her the finest Purifier he had ever known. Cei unhesitatingly accepts. 

As they move to depart, Lyra catches the scent of one of the robed Brotherhood of Sleep assassins-- it is one of Kollin Amherst's aides.