A Spider in the Garden

Spider in the Garden

A gardener at work within the Barons with a secret. As a Maltharian trained in espionage, he spends his days watching the comings and goings of the House he serves. By night, he steps into and out of the many shadows that cling to the grounds like the spider he worships.

Enemies of the Temple take first priority, but as a Maltharian, he knows that it is best to pit one house against others; forcing enemy to destroy enemy rather than endanger himself in open conflict.

However, even spiders have enemies and soon the gardener finds his web of secrets being untangled just as two houses were ready to destroy each other. The gardener explores his web once more and finds another spider is hunting him. A Maltharian against a Maltharian.

When children of the Spider fight, no one is safe. The innocent are sacrificed. The unaware are constantly made casualties. In a war of secrets, the truth is the first one to fall.