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Arhys knows the truth about his father and his death. Ista has told THREE people about it now. Cattilara took Arhys and Illvin with her perhaps to find a saint to keep her husband alive.

So maybe Joen (Umerue and Sordso’s mother) is the one responsible for demons becoming common in the world now and having her daughter get possessed. Also Sordso is acting differently now, so maybe he is also possessed, IDK.

Ista and Illvin talking, Illvin prayed to the Bastard to help him. Arhys always thought dy Lutez would invite him to court. Goram’s soul is demon chewed but he doesn’t have a demon anymore. Cabon and Foix are alive and in Porifors now. Any wound Arhys gets goes to Illvin.

So Illvin met Umerue once and she was softer/kinder. Apparently someone put a demon in Umerue to take over Porifors, which is why she was mean/sexual. Arhys was accidentally killed by Catti and Illvin, then Catti killed Umerue and now she has that demon in her and is using it to send Illvin's life force into Arhys to keep him animated (he is alr dead, tbh). Goram also probably had a demon in him at one point too

So Catti is using a demon and doing something to Illvin (presumably relating to Arhys being infertile?). IDK what the white light coming from Illvin is, maybe his life force since it is coming from his poisoned wound. Perhaps Catti is keeping Illvin unconscious so she can keep using his life force in an attempt to bear a child that will look similar to Arhys?

omg ista being saved by a son of dy lutez…

theyre trying to go to a town to help foix be free of his demon. cabon has been having dreams like prophecies of getting captured by roknari’s and getting killed. on the way to the town, a roknari raiding party finds them. cabon and foix are hidden, liss rode ahead to get help. there was no choice for the rest of the party except to surrender.

ista is doing better being away from home. ferda and foix like liss. they came across a bear possessed by a demon and foix killed it and got possessed himself. the demon was afraid of ista (probably because she is god touched)

Ista seems to be restless and tired of everyone around her treating her like a child (being kinda condescending when saying she can't do something, or freaking out over every little thing she does). She wants to go on the road, travel it herself, do something with her life of her own accord, as previously she was doing what her mother said, what the gods said, what Ias said, what the curse said.