A Gentleman’s Guide to Crime
"It’s hard to describe him — how does one describe a man who exists more than once?
One part of him, or maybe it is easier to say one of him, is perhaps humanity’s most dangerous — and, if I may add, most insane — warrior. Another one is said to have stolen both my sister's heart and that of the young Vixen, though the stories differ wildly. Some claim it was only the Original who committed these misdeeds, while others say it was two, or even three of his incarnations.
But one thing I can tell you with absolute certainty: you must stop him. Every version of him.
Should the Grey succeed in breaching the fortress, then forget the prayers, for not even the gods will be able to save us. Neither the Old nor the New."
—One hundred and six years after the Shardwar, a letter from Prince Eldren to his father, the Thirty-Third Sky King.
