In this episode, Taryn answers some listener questions and talks about the future of The Dragon's Mark.

Last week, the battle for Friestadt commenced, and the Frieslanders fought bravely against the Dragon's army. When the First Hexes manifested as a real dragon, only Petla's sacrifice prevented it from entering the city. Brida volunteered to sacrifice herself--to destroy the dragon, with the willpower of Frieslanders within her.

Last week, Brida visited Maren in the infirmary, then sent Michael one last message. She stumbled upon the person guilty of making the dragon marks, and was lucky to get away unharmed, though her new cloak was destroyed. Meanwhile, Michael left Heiden with the Dragon's army, but not before he destroyed the mark on Albrecht's cornerstone.

Last week, Michael and Brida exchanged more messages by pigeon post. In Heiden, Michael readied the Dragon's army for the assault on Friestadt and the arrival of the First Hexes. A pigeon's flight away, Brida and the warden's guild continued their own preparations. Brida still had not found the person responsible for the dragon marks around the city.

Last week, Michael brought Maren to the infirmary in Friestadt and spent the afternoon with Brida. Brida, not knowing she'd befriended the enemy, promised to write to him, and the hex returned to Heiden with new reservations about conquering the city.

Last week, Brida and Ilse quarreled about Ilse's behavior at Winterturn, then made up. Brida got more clues about the person making dragon marks around Friestadt. Michael and Yacob, on the way to the infirmary with Maren, happened upon Friedrich and Brida laying out troop formations outside the city.

Last week, Michael killed the monstrous deserter, but not before the wolf-man wounded Maren and transformed completely into a wolf. A pigeon's flight away in Friestadt, Brida received more hints about the person making dragons marks around the city. She angrily watched Ilse and Friedrich dance at Winterturn, furious that her friends would jeopardize their positions in the guild.

Last week, Brida began chiseling protective wards around the walls, and Ilse took two unnecessary lessons in swordplay from Stefan and Friedrich. A pigeon's flight away in Heiden, Michael received news that a deserter from the Dragon's army has been...

Last week, Brida tried to alert the wardens of the dragon marks but was forced to resort to asking for help from her old vandal friends. The lehrlings of the wardens' guild received their assignments in readying Friestadt for war. A pigeon's flight away in Heiden, Michael lorded his new power over the elite of Heiden.

Last week, Brida discovered two mysterious dragon marks in the city. A pigeon's flight away in Heiden, a woodcutter's wife brought Michael out of a faint, and the hex shared a meal and an alarming exchange with the low-born couple.