Spirit Runner Chapter 6 – Adapt

Nigel adapted.

We rejoin the master manipulator in Jorendon, where he is still Minister of Diplomacy, though now in the service of Queen Anne. Twelve years have passed since King Walter abdicated to save his Rhynns from the Prophet’s genocidal holy war.

Nigel explains in this chapter why he endures. He is good at adapting, at shifting his allegiances in order to further his cause.

Keeping Children of Promise from getting themselves killed before they can fight the Watchers requires a certain fluidity in one’s ethics.

Path of the Spirit Runner weighs the morality of causes, and the price of choosing peace over freedom.