As the strange sense of unrest and dissatisfaction keeps up, more and more turns the attention to ginally dealing with the highest Houses of The City. Specifically HouseHasdrubel, since the Orcs of that House has shown that they no longer obey the Drow from fear or even respect, but because of loyalty to MatronGlavil alone.
Zhaunil is virtually consumed by ennui and even the fact that she's attracted the attention of a Vampire seems to disturb her in her apathy.
Zhe'raen is intrigued by an off-hand comment made by Zha'nel regarding "Doing everything better. From the start." Seeking guidance from Lolth in the matter he recieves Divine Approval of trying. Failing is another matter...
Alice is set to the task of tallying evry entity in town. The results are depressing. Not only do the slaves outnumber their masters by far, but a ShadowDragon seems to be in town as well, as is the Vampire.
Something has to be done before the Orcish attitude spreads to the rest of the population.
War it is and the forces of HouseXyrl, HouseNemalzhi, HouseNahena and HouseKelzz set about to attack. There is no turning back now... Especially since Velve has been set to the task of assassinating MatronGlavil.
Thus ends the penultimate episode.