House Colvan is finally crumbling, but the other houses are starting to look to each other now. Crippling losses have increased reliance on old stashes and strategic weapons, and the grinder rolls forward, consuming everything in its path. It has become clear that the Great Houses have decided that victory is the only possible outcome.

Alchemical warfare is escalating as houses branch out to hire more unscrupulous alchemists from all walks of life, offering handsome retirements in the lavish villas sure to be theirs once they win the war. Terrible weapons leave laboratories every day, each house comforting itself with the rationale that the faster the war is over, the faster the suffering ends.

This collection contains themed alchemical puzzles focusing on working under the dire conditions of the Second House War- The only things that flow reliably are metal and tears. This is the second collection, and contains puzzles of varying complexity and size for all to enjoy.