Malkon’s internal crisis of faith and identity as the Chosen One marked by prophecy, torn between inherited duty and growing doubt

In the settlement’s harsh light, Timanov dismantles Malkon’s revulsion toward the tradition of burning unbelievers with cold, calculating precision. He frames the practice not as cruelty but as essential discipline, …

Malkon is cornered in the Hall of Fire by Timanov’s escalating demand to enforce the burning of unbelievers as divine judgment. Amyand publicly tests Malkon’s authority, invoking tradition to expose …