This chapter opens with the sound of a rumble. It's the thunder of a thousand men preparing to move out of the city. The thunder is coming from the darkmoon house, which is preparing to attack the city from the north. This is a big deal, because it means that the northern palace will have to support the imperial guard, which means that they're going to have to fight with the northern troops. The narrator tells us that this is the first time that the narrator has heard of this happening. He says that he had invited the young man to join his house, but he didn't expect that he would join the youth-feather house. He also says that if the northern guys try to stop the imperial guards from doing their job, he'll have no choice but to kill them. The men are all gathered in the city, and the narrator says that the thunder is just a rumor. He's heard that