About this story
The Marquis answers the charge with a duel and kills Philippe in two passes over a meadow wall. Grief turns into a speech: you climb onto a cart and turn Philippe's petition into an accusation against privilege itself, provoking a captain to order your arrest. Watching from horseback, the Marquis prefers you left free to learn fear.
How it opens
Philippe's anger filled the Breton road long before the chateau came into view.
Philippe de VilmorinMabey was shot for protesting a game lord's damage to his field.
Philippe de VilmorinYour law studies distrust outrage before it arrives with usable evidence.
Then collect witnesses and bring the complaint before a court that must record it.
Philippe de VilmorinCourts record what privilege permits them to hear.
Your oldest friend carried an appeal for Quintin de Kercadiou to support the dead tenant's family.