Episode 9 Summary

April 17th
-The party of Lorraine, Thomas, Dutch, Lucius, and Lucius' bodyguards arrive in the city of New Eden and are brought to their quarters.
-Dutch and Lucius discover that their quarters were until recently the Greer embassy. They go to a nearby internet cafe to catch up on news, and find out that Greer and New Eden are arguing about a mining town on the Greer side of the Greer-New Eden border that the government of Laurel once ceded and the new regime now wants back.
-Back in Newton, Anders is approached by George Emerson, a Vice-President of Logistics from the Intel Corporation, who is looking to move computer parts and raw materials through Newton instead of New Eden/Laurel, now that there are stability concerns. Anders agrees to negotiate the use of his warehouses and to bring the matter up with the council for protection and other details.
-Ophelia brings intelligence to Corwin that Greer is mobilizing it's army over the contested mining town.

April 18th
-At their quarters in New Eden, the diplomatic envoy has breakfast brought in by a local teenager, who is in awe of Thomas and Lorraine as William Newton's children.
-As they go to meet the Hierarch, they are met with staring crowds.
-They meet with Hierarch Lorenzo, who gets right down to business with his request to build a cathedral in Newton. Lorenzo also pledges to support Newton against Greer. Lorraine and co. tell him they must discuss things with their council.
-On their way out, Dutch spots a mobster from his old mob looking at him from the window of an inn.
-The group decides to ride out to a nearby village, worried that Lorenzo might have people monitoring internet lines. Lorraine and Thomas go to the internet shack to contact the council while Lucius and Dutch go to see what the locals think of the new regime.
-The council decides against allowing the cathedral, but is concerned what might happen with an outright refusal. Lorraine and Thomas decide to ask for the matter to be fully explored with surveyors before work crews are sent, in order to buy some time.
-Lucius gets some information from the local priest, who is not entirely thrilled with the change of regime. Lucius and Dutch booze up a local, who tells them that the new regime is supported by New Eden's outer territories, which Lorenzo comes from, but is unpopular in the inner territories. He also mention his rebellious son Jeb, who has been getting up to trouble at night since the regime changed.
-They talk to Jeb and find out that they're going to the city to vandalize, post graffiti, and start fires as rebellion against the new government--and that there are more organized parties who might be forming a resistance.
-Back in the city, Lucius sends out his mercenaries to look for resistance cells, planning to arm them with his smuggled weapons.

April 19th
-Lucius' men have located a resistance cell led by members of the old government and the press. Luicus sends them to quietly give them his weapons while he meets with the Hierarch.
-A second meeting with Lorenzo is arranged, where Lorraine agrees to the cathedral but asks that a full survey be done first before workers and materials are sent. Lorenzo is insistent that things must be done with all speed and seems to suspect they may be playing for time. The meeting turns into a heated argument, but the party from Newton manages to get him to relent and agree to their terms.
-Back at their quarters, Lucius' men confirms that the weapons have been distributed.
-Dutch visits the inn that the mobsters were staying at and bribes the inkeep for information, and finds out that they were passing through on the trail of Chris Wall.
-Thomas talks to Lorraine, upset that they're not taking New Eden's offer. He insists that whatever happens, Newton needs to have teeth for what's coming.
-Lorraine sends one of Lucius' men ahead as a messenger to tell Newton to start talking to Greer about protection from New Eden.
-Corwin gets the message and writes a diplomatic opening to Greer.

Episode 8 Summary

April 12th
-Ophelia gets news from pilgrims and her contacts that the situation in Laurel is heating up.
-Ben Gregson, the treasurer of Newton, announces to the council that the town is low on money and has been forced to dip into emergency funds.
-The council discusses the possibility of selling bonds, but decides to cut back the militia budget for now. Eva is upset to get the news.
-Thomas Newton discusses the possibility of using Newton's economic pull to affect Greer's currency exchange rate.

April 13th
-The news arrives that overnight, the Laurel government has been deposed by a new very theocratic regime, which has renamed the city-state "New Eden."
-Newton pledges its cautious support of the new government, as do the other two city-states.
-Lorraine talks to Corwin, and brings up the issue of Greer and the possibility of economic retaliation, as Thomas suggested. Corwin responds that the risk outweighs the benefits, and Lorraine goes along with it, but says she wants to improve the Greer situation one way or antoher.
-Tom Brass, Anders' deputy, suggests that the sheriff's office try to pick up some of the slack from the reduced militia to stave off any budget cuts.
-New Eden opens diplomatic relations with Newton by teleconference, conducted personally by the new Hierarch of New Eden, Lorenzo I. He wishes to build a cathedral in Newton, open trade, and reinforce the route from New Eden to Newton. The council is nervous about his intentions and puts off any definite answer.
-Corwin suggests that some new journals of William Newton suddenly come to light in an attempt to de-canonize him, and that they generally look into contributing to the downfall of the New Eden government. The council is split regarding this. In the end, they decide to put together a fact-finding mission.
-Both Thomas Newton and Lewis Bryant visit Sam Newton to enlist his aid, Thomas Newton as a supporter of New Eden as William Newton's closest living relative, and Lewis Bryant as against New Eden as someone in a position to say that William Newton was no saint. Sam proceeds to say he'll go along with both.

April 14th
-Opelia gets word that the press of New Eden has been taken over by the government.
-Corwin recruits Dutch to join the party going to New Eden.
-Corwin asks Lorraine to lead the party, so they can go as a diplomatic envoy.
-Thomas asks that Lorraine brings him along, and encourages her to pick her own party rather than let Corwin run the show.
-Lucius shows up, also wanting to join the party and offers to bring bodyguards along.
-Lorraine announces her plans to leave tomorrow. Corwin is upset and insulted that Lorraine didn't consult him on putting together the party, and asks to send Dutch along at least.

April 15th
-Lucius and his men put together a wagon with a bunch of weapons hidden under some trade goods Sam sends with Lucius.
-Virgil gets news from Philo that there is someone interested in hiring him and his men as mercenaries.