Cattilara has managed to force a demon to keep her husband 'alive' by transferring to him some of Illvin's vitality, but Ista can see that both men are fading fast. She is saddened to discover that Arhys is actually dead. Ista, despite her attempts to avoid becoming once again a tool of a god, lets her curiosity get the better of her. She has seen Illvin before, though, in a baffling dream sent by the Bastard.

Lord Illvin, Arhys's half-brother, is unconscious except for afternoon wakings that match Arhys' naps. Once in the castle, Ista discovers a mystery. She also learns Arhys has a very young and very beautiful wife named Cattilara. Though she is attracted to him, she learns that he is the son of a man she had helped kill (in an ill-fated attempt to raise the curse). The party is overrun and captured by a troop of Roknari raiders from the adjacent principality of Jokona, then rescued by a patrol led by Arhys, lord of the nearby Castle Porifors, a strong leader of men and very handsome to boot. The Bastard, god of disasters and of things out of season, guides Ista's path, despite her strong resistance. To escape from her guardians (who think she is partially mad), she sets out on a religious pilgrimage with the dy Gura brothers (minor characters from the earlier story) for protection Liss, a feisty and clever courier girl and dy Cabon, a plump priest of the Bastard (one of the five gods of the Chalion universe) as her 'spiritual guide'. Following the lifting of the curse on her family and the recent death of her own aged mother, Ista finds herself bored and restless. The novel follows Ista, mother of Iselle, the young ruler of Chalion. īoth Paladin of Souls and its prequel Curse of Chalion (2001) are set in the landlocked medieval kingdom of Chalion, which itself is a fictional equivalent of Castile and León during the time of the Reconquista, or Spanish Reconquest. The series that it is part of, World of the Five Gods, won the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2018. It is a sequel to The Curse of Chalion, and takes place approximately three years later. It won the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. It is advised to max out item discovery not only for the higher chance to get a drop but also since it's possible to get multiple items from the same corpse, being this one of the best ways to farm for hard souls that the player can turn in whenever they want.Paladin of Souls is a 2003 fantasy novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold.

Most souls(consumable item) can be farmed by killing Locusts in the swamp by The Ringed City, the amount and quality of the souls obtained will vary depending on which game cycle the player is at.(I.E: they'll start dropping Soul of a Champion in NG+ and beyond as a drop from their corpses).

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