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    He remembers the first time he saw Radzig after the truth was revealed— how suddenly he recognised the sweep of his hairline; the cut of his jaw; the shape of his smile. The reflection that stared back at him, not in still puddles, but polished bronze mirrors, was not spun whole cloth from his mother. He had been borne of loving union, the same as every other man of flesh and blood, save Christ Himself. And in Radzig's face, he could finally see that union realised.

    Henry looks for himself once more, this time in the ugly remains of what had been his father.


    Thirteen years after the Third Margrave Wars, the ugly spectre of violent death visits Henry of Skalitz once again.

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  2. Public Bookmark 27

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    “There you are, sir, I was looking for you,” Henry's voice cut through the haze of Hans’s modest inebriation. Like a torch in the distance on a foggy night, a guiding light forward. “I promised I'd have a look at that shoulder of yours, my lord.”

    “You needn’t have left the festivities behind on my account, dear Hal.” Hans let a little friendly mockery seep into his voice, a clever sort of verbal armour he'd developed where nothing he said could ever be taken seriously.

    Henry approached, pulling up the other chair to sit beside Hans, a little closer than he would if there were others around, but he wouldn’t look at him as he spoke. “No point of a party without you there.”

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    12 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 13

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    Henry wears yellow when he comes to see her.

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    13 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 33

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    They shared a beautiful, fleeting moment of tenderness together. But now, Henry faces death alone in the dark, and Hans has no choice but to watch him go.

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  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    "I must say, Henry, when you invited me here I hadn't expected you to be outfitted with your very own band." The conversation lulls as Hans pauses to express his point, the merry melodies from The Hole carrying from two doors down.

    "They've always been a menace, even when my husband were still alive." Magdalena scoffs, unimpressed, but Hans's spirits are not so easily dampened.

    The sound of his palms slapping his noble thighs punctuate his exclamation. "Nonsense! I think it's marvellous. Music and room to dance without making a spectacle of yourself."


    A small feast is held in the garden of Henry's forge- and what's a party without a little dancing?

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