In the days that followed, Davos's counterattack began.
Thanks to the intelligence gathered by the Shadow Directorate, the Known Lord's office dispatched mission after mission to clear out the Iron Covenant's camps in the vicinity.
Battle-hardened adventurers were sent beyond the city's borders, their targets ranging from small encampments to fortified strongholds. Some missions were expected to last days. Others would take months, perhaps even years.
The hunt had begun.
Within the city, the Shadow Directorate carried out a systematic cleansing of its own. Every name extracted from the three traitorous Unknown Lords was investigated. Every suspected safe house was searched. Every hidden contact was tracked down.
The scale of the infiltration was horrifying.
Some of the spies had spent years embedded in Davos, living ordinary lives and blending seamlessly into its bustling streets.
