Retribution - [s2e16]

While the mourners disperse, Kaelen finds a small, rusted key tucked inside a wreath left by an anonymous donor. The tag simply reads: “The debt must be paid.”

Kaelen’s former partner, , who now works as Aethelgard’s Head of Security, corners him. He expects an arrest, but she reveals she was the one who left the key. She’s been trapped in a "gilded cage," forced to cover up the company's crimes to protect her family. The Climax: The Server Vault [S2E16] Retribution

The episode opens at a rain-slicked cemetery. The protagonist, , stands at the back of a funeral for his mentor, Silas, who died in a suspicious "industrial accident." Kaelen knows it was no accident—Silas was about to leak data proving the city’s largest tech conglomerate, Aethelgard, was poisoning the local water supply to lower property values. While the mourners disperse, Kaelen finds a small,