Fort Freedom
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 15 (15)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 24Fort Freedom is the former naiad palace, mostly submerged, which Signet's team plans to assault.
- Ch 25Fort Freedom, the former naiad castle, sits in poor repair a quarter mile offshore in a wide river, its approach covered in traps.
- Ch 26Fort Freedom's old alarm system draws all defenders to one point and is slow to reset, which Signet's plan exploits.
Connections
- containsThe Confederacy
- containsClaude Sludgington the Fourth
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 25Langley's team dies
As Carl prepares the sacrifice above Fort Freedom, news arrives that Langley's whole team died hunting Bogdon Ro, before Carl kills the orc Future Huntress.
- Book 5 · Ch 25Assault on Fort Freedom begins
Carl launches Samantha into the river as a distraction, an alarm sounds deep in the castle, and Signet's summoned paper monsters and assault team move on Fort Freedom.
- Book 5 · Ch 26Signet storms the castle
Signet's paper battle squad and allies cross the river and enter Fort Freedom while Samantha, stuck in a vent, relays fighting and blood in the water.
- Book 5 · Ch 26The assault turns into a trap
Lightning and explosions erupt from the castle, bodies of naiads, paper monsters and allies float up, and Samantha calls it a trap; Carl prepares to dive in.
- Book 5 · Ch 28Fort Freedom retaken
Signet returns having taken Fort Freedom and defeated the confederacy, completing Part One of The Vengeance of the Daughter, though Clint, Miss Nadine and the south shore team died.