Chapter 2: The Capital's Blight and Clotho's Rebirth Meanwhile, a festering blight consumed the heart of the capital, its denizens moping through squalid streets, their malformed hearts kindling sparks of rebellion. Christopheles, a man garnering the people's ears, unveiled a magus and defiantly challenged her god, before executing her, shattering the monument of divine order. Deep beneath the crumbling city, in a dank, decrepit cell, Clotho Borales withered, broken and anemic, awaiting execution.