Episode
The Eminence in Shadow: Pretenders
Overview
While Iris seeks a bright mind to study an artifact, Cid visits a popular store. Meanwhile, in the dark corners of the city, someone commits murders in Shadow Garden’s name!
Details
- Series
- The Eminence in Shadow
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2022-11-09
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Pretenders is Episode 6 in Season 1 of The Eminence in Shadow. It aired on 2022-11-09. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 7: A Fencing Tournament of Intrigue and Bloodshed
Cid gets a report from Nu about powerful cult members lurking in the Royal Capital. Too bad he’s too distracted about the upcoming fencing tournament to notice.
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