One does not need to move in high society for a public defecation to end his social career. Exactly such an event made a Kaedweni soldier, Mavrick, the laughing-stock of the entire camp. Yet it turned out that neither rations nor dysentery had caused him to fill his pants.

In truth, his reputation - and not just that - had been soiled by the events of one ghastly night when Mavrick had encountered a terrifying specter.

According to the ghost, Mavrick's conscience was as stained as his undergarments.