In the Shadow of Ramparts

Aftermath of the Inquisition "cleanup" efforts

## Trophies

*The sick... They've slaughtered them...*
Amicia uncovers the aftermath of the Inquisition "cleanup" efforts

"**In the Shadow of Ramparts**" is the ninth chapter of *A Plague Tale: Innocence*. It mainly introduces some new tools to combat rats.

## Plot

### Synopsis

> With the Macula gaining ground in Hugo's blood, Lucas feels powerless to help the boy. He needs the knowledge found within a rare book stored in the University of the neighboring town. Mélie knows the way and is determined to save her brother from the Inquisition, so offers to take Amicia there.
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### Summary

Night has fallen over the city as Amicia and Mélie approach the walls. Mélie jokes that, if ever caught, the key is to kick a man in the groin and run. On a bridge in the distance, the girls can see a crowd of people leaving the city, being evacuated by the Inquisition after an outbreak of the Bite has begun in the city limits. Mélie has a moment of sadness when she spots a young man dead in the stocks: a gifted thief she had once worked with. She and Amicia both hope that a similar fate has not befallen Arthur, Mélie's brother who was captured and brought to the town Bastion. With the streets barricaded, Mélie unlocks a door for Amicia to pass through and makes her own way to go rescue Arthur after saying Amicia is not allowed to die as she owes Mélie.

Amicia soon encounters the bodies of people killed by the Inquisition for resisting orders to leave the town being hung out as examples. As she navigates the winding, now darkened streets, she must avoid the rats who have brought the plague with them. She then spots the University's tower in the distance, where she will find the Sanguinis Itinera, a book Lucas needs to cure her brother Hugo's affliction. Passing by a cemetery, she discovers a swiveling floodlight which uses a long beam of focused light to make paths through rat swarms. She also spots an Inquisition magister and two soldiers collecting crystals from rat droppings called Episanguis, which can be used to make Odoris, a substance that can be thrown to distract rats; however, the Magister wants the crystals for a particular "project" and warns that it has led to some "regrettable accidents".

Further on, Amicia comes across a particularly grisly sight: any infected in the town had been put to the spear in droves, their corpses littering the streets. Worse still, empty cages are found, indicating that the rats and the Bite had not made their way into the city on their own. Those not slaughtered by the soldiers were devoured by the vermin, and the few survivors soon die from the disease. Then, in the distance, she overhears the arrival of Grand Inquisitor Vitalis Bénévent, head of the Inquisition and Lord Nicholas' superior. Vitalis is also rumored to be sick. After distracting and avoiding some soldiers, Amicia finally reaches the University and sneaks inside as the scene fades to black.

Navigation

* I – The de Rune Legacy
* II – The Strangers
* III – Retribution
* IV – The Apprentice
* V – The Ravens' Spoils
* VI – Damaged Goods
* VII – The Path Before Us
* VIII – Our Home
* IX – **In the Shadow of Ramparts**
* X – The Way of Roses
* XI – Alive
* XII – All That Remains
* XIII – Penance
* XIV – Blood Ties
* XV – Remembrance
* XVI – Coronation
* XVII – For Each Other