Zha'nel gathers her band of friends and restarts the City Watch. This earns her the approval of MatronQuavyl and the disapproval of Matron LaiHezz, the latter opposing most kinds of stabilizing phenomena.
Zhaunil loses a finger during training.
Zhaunil and Zarathustriel devices a way to repair lost bodyparts.
Xun is called upon to sell his left pinky so that Zhaunil can graft it onto her hand. Zarathustriel gets a new arm from someone else...
MatronNemalzhi commands Zhaunil to show the entire city that HouseNemalzhi has the best BreedingMistress ever as soon as she completes her training as a Priestess. After some disagreeing back and forth, Zhaunil agrees to create an Angel. Ahriman is intrigued and willingly helps out to the dismay of Alice.
Later, MatronNemalzhi visits The GrandTemple to see how Zhaunils training progresses. When she sees the Priestess assigned to train Zhaunil its is revealed that is is none other than GhulDril who is not a man after all but the younger sister of MatronNemalzhi (supposedly dead for more than a century). MatronNemalzhi is not amused and swiftly decides that if GhulDril makes any suspicious move she is to be annihilated right away. But for now she will be allowed to live because of her role as a man and soldier makes her an asset.