The Race Against Sunrise

Tide

This thread tracks the countdown created by Meira’s marriage-or-death spell and Galahad’s decision to assume its cost.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Conditional Life A Conditional Life from "Tide". A Conditional Life The Rule Revealed Galahad learns that Meira will die if James marries another woman instead of her.

A Conditional Life from "Tide". A Conditional Life The Rule Revealed Galahad learns that Meira will die if James marries another woman instead of her.

A Conditional Life The Rule Revealed Galahad learns that Meira will die if James marries another woman instead of her. Time Becomes an Enemy The apparent path to safety depends on a courtship, leaving Meira’s life subject to choices she cannot control.

James Chooses Beatrix James Chooses Beatrix from "Tide". James Chooses Beatrix The Hope Closes James asks Beatrix to be his queen, making clear that Meira will not receive the marriage required by Myrkur’s spell.

James Chooses Beatrix from "Tide". James Chooses Beatrix The Hope Closes James asks Beatrix to be his queen, making clear that Meira will not receive the marriage required by Myrkur’s spell.

James Chooses Beatrix The Hope Closes James asks Beatrix to be his queen, making clear that Meira will not receive the marriage required by Myrkur’s spell. A Countdown Begins The approaching wedding turns a distant condition into an imminent death threat.

The Final Letter The Final Letter from "Tide". The Final Letter A Last Appeal Galahad gives Meira a potion that lets her write to James and urges her to confess her love.

The Final Letter from "Tide". The Final Letter A Last Appeal Galahad gives Meira a potion that lets her write to James and urges her to confess her love.

The Final Letter A Last Appeal Galahad gives Meira a potion that lets her write to James and urges her to confess her love. Hope Against Evidence She prepares a letter, but James and Beatrix’s immediate wedding plans leave little time for it to change anything.

The Wedding Passes The Wedding Passes from "Tide". The Wedding Passes The Condition Fulfilled James marries Beatrix while Meira stands among the attendants.

The Wedding Passes from "Tide". The Wedding Passes The Condition Fulfilled James marries Beatrix while Meira stands among the attendants.

The Wedding Passes The Condition Fulfilled James marries Beatrix while Meira stands among the attendants. A Silent Crisis Meira’s death is now expected by the following dawn, and Galahad leaves the ceremony to seek another way to save her.

A New Countdown A New Countdown from "Tide". A New Countdown The Curse Transferred Galahad takes the fatal spell from Meira and expects to die when sunrise arrives.

A New Countdown from "Tide". A New Countdown The Curse Transferred Galahad takes the fatal spell from Meira and expects to die when sunrise arrives.

A New Countdown The Curse Transferred Galahad takes the fatal spell from Meira and expects to die when sunrise arrives. Meira Rejects the Ending She brings him to a parson and chooses a life-binding marriage, changing the countdown’s outcome at its final moment.

When Galahad explains the spell

At the private dinner before the wedding

The evening before the royal wedding

At James and Beatrix’s ceremony

The night after Galahad’s bargain with Myrkur