The Argent Inquisition is amassing forces in the Spire‑Verdict, preparing a purge of the Umbral Lectorate’s Veilwood sanctum. The Dream‑Traders Guild has sharply raised nightmare prices, angering the Cartographers’ Society and forcing the Wardens to seek alternative sleep aids. The Eye‑Opened Cult has been massing in the deep Lunar Marches, and an unusually large Fleshborn Titan has been spotted moving toward Argentwatch. Meanwhile, the Keepers have reported a new, disturbing pattern in the Blink Code: three rapid half‑blinks in succession, a sequence never before recorded.