Story so far
What happened
With Stormurinn sick, Rish Rash and Alaryn join the recruits for Svetlana’s suspended obstacle course. Rish Rash flies. Hamdik spins helplessly in midair and vomits on Pillar Four. Alaryn jams a spinning wheel with a rock, cleans the vomit, then briefly makes it appear on Elric’s cloak. Elric retaliates with radiant blindness. Alaryn makes it look as though Elric has shit himself. Teamwork, apparently.
After a sphinx’s riddle, Svetlana reveals the real examination: four starving prisoners forced to fight the recruits. Elric obeys the execution order. Alaryn gives one captive a blade before killing him. Wilfred, Rish Rash, and Hamdik refuse, so Svetlana orders the survivors tortured before execution and tells the recruits their hesitation caused the suffering.