AUTHOR'S NOTE

Thanks for the wait, everyone! Here's the biggest chapter I've written since... forever, maybe. No idea what happened; it was just supposed to be set-up for the next arc... but things just kept getting longer and longer. And then I decided to get ambitious and draw even more sprites :P It's a thicc one, so feel free to take it slow, I guess.

This was a particularly hard chapter to write. Mostly because I've become so used to the episodic nature of Rajt encounters — and now we're back to heavy plot points. The meaty, gritty stuff. So things might be a little more serious than the usual. Pacing was a little difficult to nail down due to... certain developments — no spoilers. But all this is the fun of writing, right?

Anyway. I've also had to change some parts of the Minervus encounter. At first, I thought you'd only get to meet him if you helped the Wolf Thief in the Marketplace. But then I realised that Minervus is entirely essential to the concluding arc of the Tasks, so people who chose to send the Wolf to jail would be locked out. I've fixed it now... but there might be mistakes. Let me know! That's about it from me. Enjoy!

- orange, 5 February 2023

LINKS

Here are the links to access the early-access builds for patrons when they come out:

• As usual, here are the links to access the build if you're having trouble downloading it: https://orangelo.itch.io/oihs-patreon-version/patreon-access