NORI’S POV

A rogue, that’s how the story goes. Apparently, a business minded rogue that claimed to be an alchemist of old approached the Cauldron, something no loner hoping to be long-lived was known to do. He offered the Cauldron a way to save their pool of victims. The Bilbao Cauldron, beginning to feel the strain of hunger, heard him out. He swore he had developed an inoculation that would reinforce humanity’s defenses, make them less likely to die by being pinned or vaporized ...