1.1−1.9: Introducing the main Rochford cast, in addition to a seemingly ordinary morning, weird politics, and mysteries about the Tyrant War. 1.i−1.ii: Two very different accounts of tyrant wyrms.
2.1−2.i
2.1−2.9: Journying on an ill fated hunt, in addition to Jewel's capabilities, priorities in the face of crisis, and the heroic slaying of a boar. 2.i: A poem warning of dragons cute and fluffy.
3.1−3.i
3.1−3.9: Celebration with festivities, in addition to public relations, managing resources, and a peddler somehow less polite than Fizzbunches. 3.i: Coinage and the metals it is minted from.
4.1−4.i
4.1−4.9: Teaching a dragon to dance, in addition to finding belonging, the aiding of others, and wisdom not found in books. 4.i: Stewardship from late spring through summer.
5.1−5.iii
5.1−5.9: A summons by the countess, in addition to the prospect of war, empathy between species, and a different sort of god botherer. 5.i: Stewardship in late summer. 5.ii: Warnings of stars bringing fortune. 5.iii: Musings on the universe.
6.1−6.ii
6.1−6.9: Pomp and pagentry in addition to, various reactions to Jewel, accusations demanding war, and reestablishing hierarchies. 6.i: Stewardship in early to mid Autumn. 6.ii: On Truths, Words, and the nature of sorcerous magic.
7.1−7.iii
7.1−7.9: The true meaning of home, in addition to various magicks, fleeting joys, and the anxious uncertainty of preperations. 7.i: Stewardship in winter. 7.ii: On the minimal wizard related risks of clean water. 7.iii: Volta's cursing of nearly an entire city by way of water.
8.1−8.ii
8.1−8.9: A new normal, in addition to logistics of mustering, testing of allegences, and learning whatever could help. 8.i: Stewardship of thread and cloth production. 8.ii: Notes on Jewel's personality, nature, and magical capability.
9.1−9.ii
9.1−9.9: The march to war, in addition to logistics thereof, chains of command, and working with partial information. 9.i: General Aurelia at the beginning of his seige of Volta. 9.ii: Georg Thurzó's account looking back on Aureilia's seige and forwards to his war against Countess Bathory's army.
10.1−10.ii
10.1−10.9: The true cost of war, in addition to realities not glamorous enough for writing, foiled plans, and the trauma of so much slaughter. 10.i: A letter from György of cautious optimism for the battle, rhightous fury, and asking about home. 0.ii: A letter from Erszébet replying with, optimisim, matters of their remaining children, and good tidings.
11.1−11.ii
11.1−11.9: Empathy for the enemy in addition to, rationalizations of varying justifiability, strained naïveté, and the nagging feeling that all of it was arbitrary. 11.i: Thurzó panicking over Jewel's intellectual and social capability to King Mathias 11.ii: Bathory assuring Kliatbatrn that the above warnings of Jewel are nothing to worry about.
12.1−12.ii
12.1−12.9: Taking up new responsibility in addition to, returning with trauma, a resettling of the political landscape, and maintaining the image that everything was just. 12.i: Rochford's economics and scale. 12.ii: An informal bibliography.