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[h1][color=slateblue]The Riddle of Lindenholdt[/color][/h1][/center]
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	[color=757163]Xiuyang and Ingrid peel off from the group to find Berthold. Who they find instead offer answers to nearly everything—almost too many answers. Are these people trustworthy? Afterward, Ingrid catches Johann threatening Margarethe's life, Xiuyang receives some exclusive information, and hatches a plan to use both of these to bring Johann down for good.[/color]
[hider=Breaking and Entering][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]Xiuyang saves innocent people, including a child, from the clutches of a dangerous... soup demon? Why is it always food?[/color]
[hider=The Demon's Cauldron][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]Marci finds Xiuyang out of sorts over the words of Edyta Laska. After offering words of comfort alongside an unwanted Evander, the two find Roslyn and have a heart-to-heart as a group.[/color]
[hider=Comforting Friends][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]The trio of girls teleport to Ersand'Enise, where Xiuyang explains her plan, and they all gear up for the final battle.[/color]
[hider=Drastically Equipped][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]Berthold, mad with ambition and bitterness inherited from Liesl Frickmayer, plans to sacrifice the entire town of Lindenholdt to a grand demon. As the biros wake from the command magic trance and try to stop him, Xiuyang stakes both her body and soul in a desperate gambit to stop the ritual. As Iptacht's influence and sheer desperation both invade her mind, she torments a defeated Berthold with blood magic and is caught in the act by the very head of the Black Rezaindian Order, Mother Madrona.[/color]
[hider=Evil Repaid with Evil][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]Expecting to be condemned and killed, Xiuyang fulfills her duty as a child of the Solari and absolves her family of her monstrous condition, crediting Oraff and Eshiran. She speaks a truth that rings close to blasphemy and receives mercy and understanding rather than condemnation—an experience that will shape her life and image of the church forever.[/color]
[hider=Absolution][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]

	[color=757163]Xiuyang, sensing her humanity is on the line, takes a gamble to protect her mind from Iptacht's influence. The final battle begins with the tragic death of Marci and no time to mourn.[/color]
[hider=Iptacht, Grand Demon of Treachery][color=757163](Placeholder)[/color][/hider]