Overview
Skender Dragosti had governed for as long as Coen could remember, taking the throne in 1324 after his father's death in a hunting accident. From his first day he imposed his will through cruelty and terror — not merely exploiting his subjects like his forebears, but reigning by fear itself.
Nine years passed before the people found the nerve to rise. Even that did not stop him: he butchered the rebels at Shrike's Crag down to the last soul, and from that day no one else dared defy him.
Until Brencis defied him — to the gratitude of many.