Chapter 9 Persecution Summary

In this chapter we see the after affects of Shedemai's trial and Akmaro's decision to not institute the death penalty for deviation from the state religion. In the intervening time between the last chapter and this, the Houses of the Kept have splintered and the Schools set up by Shedemai have spread through the provinces. We join the chapter to find an enraged Didul investigating the increasing tensions and outbreaks of violence that have spread throughout the Darakemba.

The Houses of the Kept and the schools of Shedemai have all become targets for thugs and vandals, each attempting to destabilize their teaching of Digger and Sky children as well as the free inclusion of women into equal education. When Didul interviews a city guard, even the guard agrees that the Digger children should not be included and taught in the Houses...