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;Prologue
[[Wax]] is a teenager living in the [[Village]], sneaking out into the city with his [[Telsin|sister]] and her friends. He learns that a constable is visiting the Village about a recent arson, so he bugs out and eavesdrops on his grandmother. Later in his room, he spies one of the friends, [[Forch]], outside in the rain. He goes to investigate and finds him torturing a young boy. Forch attacks, and Wax manages to kill him with a bullet he stole from his grandmother (
;Part 1
Six months after the death of [[Paalm]], Wax and [[Steris]] go to their wedding. It is interrupted by a nearby water tower falling on the church, allowing Wax to put off the marriage. He is still struggling with killing Lessie.
When Wax goes home, he finds [[MeLaan]] and another [[
;Part 2
Wax, Marasi, MeLaan, and [[Wayne]] head to New Seran, the last place ReLuur was seen. Steris comes along as is proper for a fiancée. Their train is attacked by the [[Nightstreet Gang]], but Wax believes it is only a diversion from his [[Edwarn Ladrian|uncle]]. He presses on with his original objective rather than chase the remnants of the gang.
Wax, Steris, and MeLaan go to a party held by [[Kelesina Shores]], where Wax receives a strange coin from a [[Hoid|beggar]] on the way in. When he bluntly asks her about the coin, she makes an excuse and leaves the party. Steris creates a diversion by suddenly vomiting, allowing Wax to try to find her. He finds her in a room talking to [[Edwarn Ladrian|Mr. Suit]] via radio. A female [[Terris|steward]] shows up, killing Kelesina. Wax and MeLaan manage to kill her and confiscate a gold bracelet filled with health.
Meanwhile, Wayne and Marasi go to a graveyard to try to find the missing spike. They are attacked by members of the Set, but Wayne uses his healing and slider abilities to take them all down. They search the corrupt gravekeeper's ledger book and pay a visit to [[Templeton Fig]], the man who sent the assassins. They bluff him into revealing that the spike was sent to [[Dulsing]].
After a long, hopeless gunfight, the two parties eventually meet up inside the ship. The masked man (Allik) leads them up through a door to a smaller boat. Wax Pushes the boat into the air, and Allik steers them away. They fly towards the "Sovereign's temple" to get there before Suit does.
Arriving at the temple, they know from ReLuur's drawings that this was where he was seeking the Bands of Mourning. They travel down a hallway riddled with lethal traps, which MeLaan triggers and survives. They arrive at a door that they can't open and go back to the entrance where Edwarn is waiting. They strike a deal, and they make it into a room with a dais and broken glass -- but no bands.
Thinking that it's over, Telsin reveals herself as a mole and shoots Wax. The Set takes everyone prisoner while Wax and Wayne desperately escape. Wax is grievously injured but finds
Meanwhile, Marasi has figured out that the spearhead from the statue is the actual Bands of Mourning. Everything else was a decoy to keep people away. She manages to grab it while under guard and starts rampaging with power. She goes to Wax, who has returned to life, and gives him the Bands.
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