Months had passed since the Siege of Salvador. Peace returned to the bustling port, and Thiago Duarte thought, for a moment, that perhaps the sea would finally grant him rest. Isadoraβs cafΓ© thrived, sailors sang of his duel with Γlvaro the Red, and Rodrigo had turned himself into a self-proclaimed historianβthough his βhistory booksβ mostly contained doodles of fish and dramatic retellings of his own bravery. Felipe, meanwhile, had earned a reputation as βthe bread warrior,β children often begging him to throw loaves at them in playful reenactments.