The last rebels were arrested outside the Grand Customs House, which was destroyed by the cottagers during the recent violence. The five cottager leaders are now in custody in the Zunft Compound. Those charged with treason are: Brandon Cook of Sevenna City Hector Linn of Port Catille, Catille Michael Henry of Sevenna City Kevin Smythe of Black Rock, Aeren Island Jack Stevens of Sevenna City They will be given a fair trial. If convicted of their crimes, they face execution by firing squad. —Zunft Chronicle, August 8, Evening Edition Even from the loft high above the floor, Gavin Baine could catch snippets of the urgent conversation among the men of the Chamber. The well-dressed lawmakers who sat below him ruled Seahaven not because of merit or even popularity, but because of birthright. They were all landed gentry and men of Zunft. People like Gavin, a cottager who had been born to a mason in South Sevenna, wouldn’t be able to speak their mind inside these walls—washing the tiled floors would be as close as a cottager could get to the Chamber floor.
