29. Sorin: The Auction

Summary

• Sorin is serving as a guard at Girazin's auction, recognizing some of the attendees from the Citadel.
• The guests bid using fans painted with different animals and various artifacts of divinity are put up for sale.
• Girazin and an unknown auctioneer lead the event, with the auctioneer reminding guests to remain silent about their participation.
• The first lot is a piece of a dragon's rib bone, which after several rounds of bidding, is sold to a merchant.
• Other items sold include green scales, a round patella of a dragon, a broken fang, and a triangular scapula.
• The final item is a mummified dragon's claw, an item of particular interest to Magnes, who engages in a bidding war with a merchant named Ikari Dwell.
• After intense bidding, the claw is sold to Dwell for one hundred and ninety wraithwright.
• Magnes seems nonchalant about losing the bid, leaving Sorin to question the motive behind his participation in the auction.