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Iari is good at killing monsters As a templar in the Aedis a multispecies religious organization committed to protecting the Confederation eliminating extradimensional horrors is her job But after she helped stop separatists from sabotaging the entire Confederation she discovered a new sort of monster the roguearithmancer political kind

Promoted and sent north to the tundra of Windscar Iari leads a team of templars to investigate ancient subterranean ruins which local legend claims are haunted and which have mysterious connections to the dangerous arithmancy used by the wichu separatists Iari isnt worried about ghosts Shes worried about surviving separatists and a fresh attempt to upend the Confederation

Included in Iaris team are Char a decommissioned battlemecha and newlyjoined templar and Gaer ostensible ambassador and talented arithmancer As they delve into the ruins they find remnants of longago battles bits of broken armor and mechaswhich unexpectedly reanimate and attack It seems there is still dangerous arithmancy in Windscarbut the source isnt who Iari expected and theyre far worse than the separatists