Plunder City-State, in the antique shop of the Lower City District, Duncan held a copy of the City-State Weekly behind the counter, seemingly reading the newspaper content casually.
Suddenly, he blinked twice, his previously unfocused gaze sharpening as he glanced at the newspaper in his hand and nonchalantly turned it upside down.
The front page headline detailed a recent major event in the city—the esteemed Bishop Valentin of the Deep Sea Church would soon preside over a massive prayer event, during which bells and steam whistles from over ten churches across the city would sound to summon the power of the Storm Goddess to bless the city.
As a prelude to this prayer event, Governor Dante Wayne had congratulated the cathedral last night and presented a gift...