"Medwum Nightmares"

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Malwan, an aging truth seeker, has spent his life chasing fragments of a vanished prophecy and stitching fractured truths together in a city eaten by jungle and politics. When a pair of ragged Lellowil spiderfolk step into his office and beg for help, Malwan is forced into a new quest for the truth. Their nightmare poison was blamed for a high-profile political assassination, but Malwan suspects something uglier. Working with Fayder, a cynical and streetwise jack-of-all-trades, Malwan follows a trail of forged orders, hidden vials of viscous orange toxin, and a fabled silver grail. As evidence mounts that the nightmare poison was commissioned from City Hall, Malwan must decide how far he will go to expose a rot that runs to the top, and whether a relic that promises sight of the future is salvation—or a weapon. One man’s obsession with truth may be the city’s only defense against wholesale slaughter. To save the Lellowil and preserve what remains of prophecy, Malwan must confront a city comfortable with its lies. If he fails, an entire people will be erased—and the grail’s last secret will remain buried under a new regime’s bloodstained pedestals. Is the grail a true instrument of foresight or a dangerous symbol that will cost Malwan everything if he tries to use it? The answers lie at the intersection of prophecy, politics, and a poison that makes nightmares real.