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The team that had been sent to Qenghis was looking for the Sun Hat of Amordiin.

Given how useful the Scarf of Amordiin had turned out to be, Hector was intensely curious to know what the Sun Hat might be capable of. He was trying to keep his expectations relatively low, though. According to Garovel, Amordiin had worn the Scarf at all times, even in the bath, but that was not the case for the Sun Hat. And while Emiliana Elroy had told him about it last being seen in Qenghis, she also mentioned that the book she'd read that in was written over 240 years ago.

Which, sadly, was still more recent than Garovel or any of the other reapers had seen it.

For that reason, He and Garovel had almost decided against sending a team after it. The only thing that changed their minds was the fact that Emiliana had managed to provide quite specific details regarding its location.

"A kingly prison, northwest of the great city of Jeruda."

Considering Jeruda was one of the largest cities in the world, that was an easy starting point for a search. And a "kingly prison"--while sounding slightly oxymoronic--also sounded like it might be a pretty good landmark.

And he and Garovel figured that if the team couldn't find any leads, that was fine, too. They would be able to return soon and be sent after some other item. No big deal.

But apparently, the hunters had found a new lead. The "kingly prison" turned out to be a castle called Dagracourt.

Needless to say, Hector's interest had been piqued even more than before.

Dagracourt had, in ancient times, been the place where the rulers of Jeruda sent all of their political prisoners. At first, it was a nice place, meant to appease an angry peasantry that was threatening rebellion after having seen justice not done countless times. High-ranking officials would go there for a time, enjoy a spa-like "imprisonment," and then be given a new title and powers elsewhere, after their scandal had passed.

Then the peasantry really did rebel, overthrew the government entirely, and Dagracourt become a place where the previous ruling class was sent to be tortured for the rest of their days.