Guild Age

Season 1 “The Washer's Afterimage”

With the provisional-sigil assessment ahead of him, the apprentice appraiser Teo notices an odd technical agreement between an unmarked candlestick his brother Lowe brings in and an appraisal his master Vallen got wrong thirty years ago. Understanding none of it, Teo writes a certificate of facts alone, and comes away with the recommendation.

1. OpeningThe structural match between the candlestick Lowe brought in and the piece Vallen is said to have appraised wrongly.
2. DevelopmentWhy the genuine piece on record and the features written on the certificate in his hands do not line up.
3. TurnA correction on the thirty-year-old certificate, in a hand nobody can name.
4. CrisisHow to write the official certificate for a candlestick of unknown provenance, in front of the assessment.
5. ResolutionWhat the second necklace left on the windowsill says about Lowe's intent, and where the provisional-sigil assessment goes from here.