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Arannis is an elder of Elarisel’s Hill Council. His access to early construction, warding, and maintenance records places him close to knowledge the city carefully restricts. Selyna notices differences between the archive’s working copies and its official request log.[2]
Council and archival access[1]
The records associated with Arannis concern Elarisel’s early construction and warding, alongside maintenance folios containing old civic phrases and access sequences. Selyna encounters his name through archive work and request records. These are descriptions of material he sought, rather than proof of any particular magical ability; the novel gives his administrative access more definition than his appearance or personal history.
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The evidence against him[2]
Selyna reports overhearing Arannis meet a Shroud associate and supplies genuine working records whose removal marks Lirael verifies. After the company leaves Elarisel, a captured ambusher says Arannis warned the team that someone would carry the lattice fragment out and ordered its recovery. The novel builds the case from testimony and records rather than making every member of the council complicit.
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Sources & appearances
BONDS: The Tale of Sylas · B.K. McSherry
BONDS · Final Draft 1.0
Referenced chaptersChapters 14–15
- [1]BONDS · Chapter 14
- [2]BONDS · Chapters 14–15