- Mereavus and Barric marry.
[Updates from the Relaunch below]
- Mereavus is visited by Aliamine, with Carrigan in tow. She isn't particularly pleased to see her daughter, but recognises that she owes her a great deal. She hears about Aliamine's pregnancy, which pleases her.
- She begins to set up the votes for the elections of the new Pontufex.
- She is present when Aliamine tells her father about her pregnancy. The King speaks on the subject of his love for the Queen, which brings up bad memories for her. She leaves the conversation before it's over.
- Mereavus visits the King in his chambers after dark. They reach a mutual agreement on missing 'the old days' and spend the night, platonically, in the King's bed.
- She holds interviews for a new handmaiden. Osanna claims the spot.
- Barric visits her in her chambers, and she nearly knifes him in the face, thinking he's an assassin. They have dinner and talk, though Mereavus remains distant.
- She retires to her bedrest properly.
- Mereavus is visited by Sebastian Harlock, who tells her of the King's imprisonment of Aliamine. She reacts surprisingly calmly, and asks that he send for Barric. She signs a pardon preventing repercussions for Harlock and the guards, and then discusses with Barric what her intentions are. He sadly agrees to them, and they have 'a last goodbye'.