The Imperial Archivist

Edmund Varys keeps the records of the Empire. Every treaty, every law, every erased name flows through his ledger-house.

The empire is not ruled by armies — it is ruled by precedents, and precedents are written by archivists.

When Varys notices an entire year missing from the tax ledgers, he begins to pull a thread that reaches the throne itself — and the thread is attached to his own name.