Keymaster Crisis Roundup

Pre-Final-Phase Key Status

Crawler reports show widespread keymaster failure, missing teams, severe trauma, and the setup for a forced key-stealing slaughter.

Story so far

Katia's squad survives a personalized rooftop hydra involving relatives and disturbing totems, while Florin and Prepotente report obtaining keys without detail. Lucia Mar's status remains unknown, and Imani's team still hunts a teleported opponent with roughly thirty hours remaining.

Tserendolgor fails to obtain a key and loses two squad members. Dozens of other reports show that death totals are lower than feared but key failures are widespread. Carl concludes the final phase has been intentionally structured so many surviving squads must attack successful teams to descend.

Appearance

A tactical board of crawler teams marked with keys, question marks, deaths, and red countdowns.

Role

The roundup establishes the population imbalance that will drive the final card phase.

Relationships

Katia — Her squad survives a difficult personalized hydra.

Imani — Her team remains in danger without a completed keymaster victory.

Tserendolgor — Her squad fails and suffers two deaths.

Carl — He collects the reports and identifies the coming slaughter design.

Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 50

Crawler reports show widespread keymaster failure, missing teams, severe trauma, and the setup for a forced key-stealing slaughter.