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Chapter 30
Overview
Ofelia Dandolo navigates the Commons canals at night, following a swarm of moths to a floating corpse. She directs her men to recover the body, acknowledging the moths’ guidance. This quiet retrieval hints at Ofelia’s occult resources and a potentially significant death that could reshape unfolding alliances.
Summary
After midnight, Ofelia Dandolo travels by small boat through the foul canals of the Commons. She studies the waters intently, as if reading signs, and orders her two boatmen to continue farther despite their uncertainty.
At a sharp bend, a cluster of pale moths circles above the water. Ofelia Dandolo points the crew to the spot, where they find a man floating facedown. The boatmen hook and haul the corpse aboard.
Surveying the body with restrained emotion, Ofelia Dandolo acknowledges the moths’ guidance with, “You were right,” before dismissing them as they scatter. She then orders the boat to turn back, having secured the drowned man whose identity and significance remain unstated but clearly important to her aims.
Who Appears
- Ofelia DandoloPowerful patron who tracks a corpse via moths and orders its discreet retrieval.
- Unidentified drowned manFacedown corpse recovered from the Commons canal; significance implied but unrevealed.
- BoatmenTwo silent assistants who row, hook, and haul the body at Ofelia’s command.