Chapter 2

Question 1

What is The Mirage?

pg. 10

Answer 1

A public house where Saeris and Hayden are sleeping in the loft for 6 weeks at the beginning.

Question 2

What is the House of Kala?

pg. 15

Answer 2

The only place that will trade food for goods instead of money

Question 3

What does House of Kala smell like?

pg. 15

Answer 3

Stale sweat and roasting goat meat

Question 4

What does Kala mean?

pg. 15

Answer 4

Funeral

Question 5

In the beginning, how long had it been since Carrion and Saeris had slept together?

pg. 25

Answer 5

3 months

Question 6

“Fresh food was impossible to find. In the streets, children clawed each other’s eyes out over a heel of stale bread. The only way to survive the 3rd ward was by…”

pg. 11

Answer 6

Barter and trade or by whispering secrets about your neighbors into a guardian’s ear

Question 7

What is the greatest heist ever performed in Zilhara according to Saeris?

pg. 19

Answer 7

Carrion talking Saeris out of her underwear.

Question 8

What did Saeris get back from Carrion at Kala’s that Hayden lost?

pg. 23

Answer 8

Red scarf from Elroy, the chits he lost plus 5

Question 9

Who is Elroy?

pg. 10-12 (Chapter 2)

Answer 9

Old man, owns the glass workshop where Saeris tries to melt the gauntlet. Was in love with her mom. Taller than most, broad, his backmuscles straining under shirts. A pillar of rock hewn out of mountain before she died.

Question 10

Who is Hayden?

pg. 10-12, Chapter 2

Answer 10

Saeris’ younger brother, 20. Has a bad habit of cheating while gambling

Question 11

How is Saeris’ alchemy described?

pg. 14

Answer 11

Mentioned by Elroy in Ch. 2, she can control objects made of iron, tin, or gold.

Question 12

Who is Carrion Swift?

pg. 17 | pg. 19

Answer 12

Gambler, cheater, smuggler with auburn hair. (pg. 17)
Sparkling blue eyes | hair copper, gold, burnished umber | tallest in the room by at least 1 foot (pg. 19)
Saeris mentions an apt in the 2nd ward but he says he has a warehouse outside of the city but stays in 3rd ward for grandma Gracia.

Question 13

Who is Brynn?

pg. 18

Answer 13

Proprietor of the House of Kala

Question 14

How old is Saeris?

pg. 23

Answer 14

23/24 (3.5 years older than Hayden who is 20)

Question 15

Gracia

pg. 25

Answer 15

Carrion’s grandmother. Gray hair, wicked temper, lives in 3rd Ward

Question 16

Jarris Wade

pg. 10

Answer 16

Briefly mentioned. Someone Saeris had a trade agreement with, but she failed to meet her obligations.