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He later learns Madam Marcella herself tampered with the candles.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"Vlad lingers over a back-alley sword he cannot afford while Jemina teases and worries about him after he was struck by black lightning. They bicker with the old smith over its five-gold price, then return to life in Schoarra's slums. At the Smiling Rose brothel where Vlad keeps time candles, he confronts an angry mercenary, proves the candle lasted five minutes, and beats him. He later learns Madam Marcella herself tampered with the candles.","key_events":[],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU AREN'T HIGH UP IN THE NIGHT SKY...\n...OR IF YOU'RE STUCK UNSEEN IN THE SQUALOR OF A SLUM.\n\nAS LONG AS YOU WANT TO SHINE.\n\nAS LONG AS YOU STILL HAVE LIGHT WITHIN YOUR HEART.\n\nIF YOU DO...\n...THEN YOU'RE A STAR.\n\nEpisode 01\n\nI NEVER GET TIRED OF LOOKING AT THAT.\n\nTHERE YOU GO-AGAIN! I KNEW YOU GOT DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING.\nJEMINA.\n\nVLAD.\nWHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU? YOU'RE SO ABSENT-MINDED LATELY.\nCOME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK.\nTHIS IS ONE OF MY FEW PLEASURES IN LIFE.\nOH, IS THAT SO?\nWELL, ALL THIS STOPPING AND STARING INTO SPACE IS MAKING PEOPLE TALK.\n\nTALK ABOUT WHAT?\nDO YOU STILL HEAR THAT VOICE WHEN YOU SEE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SWORDS?\n\nSIGH... YOU MUST'VE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLE IN A PREVIOUS LIFE...\nSERIOUSLY, WHO GETS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING OUT OF NOWHERE?\n\nAND BLACK LIGHTNING AT THAT.\nJUST STAY INSIDE FOR THE TIME BEING.\nYOU KNOW HOW SENSITIVE THE NEW BISHOP IS ABOUT OMENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.\nHE USED TO WORK FOR THE INQUISITION, SO IF HE SEES EVEN A HINT OF AN EVIL OMEN, HE'LL HAVE YOU BURNED AT THE STAKE.\n\nOH, STOP IT...\nYOU'RE OVERREACTING.\nUGH, YOU NEVER LISTEN!\nGEE, I'M SO SORRY FOR WORRYING ABOUT YOU.\nQUITE A FEW PEOPLE SAW YOU GET HIT BY LIGHTNING, YOU KNOW.\n\nEVERYONE ALREADY WHISPERS ABOUT IT BEHIND YOUR BACK, SO DON'T GIVE THEM MORE FODDER.\nDO YOU WANT TO BE DRAGGED OFF TO THE CHURCH AND INTERROGATED?\nNO ONE'S DRAGGING ME ANYWHERE JUST FOR LOOKING AT A SWORD.\nGOD, YOU'RE SO FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES.\nWHY DON'T YOU JUST BUY IT ON CREDIT?\nIT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.\n\nEXPENSIVE? NONSENSE. IT'S A SWORD FROM SOME BACK ALLEY SMITHY.\nHOW EXPENSIVE COULD IT BE? WANT ME TO BUY IT FOR YOU?!\nIT COSTS FIVE GOLD.\nYOU MUST BE JOKING...\n\nFIVE GOLD? REALLY? FOR THAT HUNK OF SCRAP METAL?\nTHE THINGS I COULD DO WITH THAT MUCH MONEY...\nI KNOW.\nTHAT'S ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE OFF FOR A WHOLE YEAR.\nWHAT? HUNK OF SCRAP METAL?!\n\nYOU BLOODY BRATS!\nGET LOST!\nYOU LITTLE SLUM-DWELLERS DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO LOOK AT A SWORD LIKE THIS!\nTHEN WHO DO YOU EXPECT TO BUY IT?\n\nTHE ONLY PEOPLE WHO PASS THIS PLACE LIVE HERE IN THE SLUM.\nHAVE YOU GONE SENILE, OLD MAN?\nS-SENILE?!\nH-HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!\n\nWHY'D YOU WASTE YOUR TIME MAKING A SWORD ANYWAY? I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF KNIGHTS AROUND HERE.\nDO YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD CHECKED?\nI'M DONE TALKING TO YOU PUNKS!\nGO BACK TO YOUR SHOP AND DO THE DISHES OR SOMETHING, YOU G****** LOSER!\n\nLOSER? IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST CALLED ME?! THAT'S NO WAY TO TALK TO A YOUNG LADY!\nSTOP TRYING TO PROVOKE HIM, JEMINA.\nSORRY, SIR. WE'LL LEAVE YOU IN PEACE.\nWHY? DID I LIE?\nYOU ALWAYS NEED TO HAVE THE LAST WORD, DON'T YOU?!\n\nTHAT ROTTEN LITTLE...\nI SAVED HER FROM STARVING, AND THIS IS HOW SHE REPAYS ME? WITH INSULTS?\nI GAVE THEM SO MUCH FOOD AT THE TIME.\n\nURGH!\nD*****!\nHE MUST'VE BEEN STANDING HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE AGAIN.\nHIS FOOTPRINTS IN THE MUD ARE AT LEAST AN INCH DEEP.\n\nHE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE, NOT SOME SWORD.\nOH, KID.\nIF YOU START FILLING YOUR HEAD WITH DREAMS IN A PLACE LIKE THIS, YOU'LL ONLY END UP BITTER AND DISAPPOINTED.\n\nANYONE BORN IN THE SLUMS STAYS HERE FOREVER. TRUST ME, I KNOW THAT ALL TOO WELL.\nI'LL ONLY SELL THIS TO SOMEONE WHO HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE.\nI CAN'T LET MY FINAL MASTERPIECE ROT AWAY IN THIS DUMP.\n\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, I SUPPOSE HE DOES KIND OF RESEMBLE THIS SWORD IN A WAY.\nEVEN IN THE FILTH OF THESE SLUMS...\n\n...HE STILL MANAGES TO SHINE SOMEHOW.\nTHE MAIN TRADING HUB OF THE NORTHERN REGIONS...\n\n...AS WELL AS THE SO-CALLED LIGHTHOUSE OF THE NORTH, BACKED BY THE POWERFUL VAYEZID FAMILY.\nSCHOARRA.\nBENEATH SUCH RADIANCE AND SPLENDOR, THERE ARE ALWAYS BOUND TO BE SHADOWS COVERED BY THE LIGHT.\n\nTHAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE SLUMS ARE. A DUMPING GROUND FOR ALL THAT IS FILTHY AND DISGUSTING.\nAHHHH!\n\nYOU LITTLE B****!\nYOU SHOULD'VE JUST STUCK TO YOUR JOB! YOU THINK YOU CAN SCAM ME?!\nS-SCAM YOU? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!\nI'VE BEEN A MERCENARY FOR 20 YEARS!\n\nYOU CAN'T CHEAT ME AND GET AWAY WITH IT!\nTHERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT HERE.\nOH, HEY! CANDLE-KEEPER!\nGOOD TIMING!\n\nGO AND BRING ME THE MADAM!\nIF YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH THE MADAM...\nYOU'LL HAVE TO PAY IN GOLD, NOT SILVER.\nGOLD? IN A DUMP LIKE THIS?!\nIF I CAN'T HAVE THE MADAM, THEN BRING ME YOUR MOM INSTEAD!\n\nTHOSE CANDLES THAT KEEP TIME ARE A SCAM, AREN'T THEY?!\nI'D BARELY TAKEN OFF MY SHIRT WHEN THE D*** CANDLE BURNED OUT!\nHOW MUCH FUN DID YOU EXPECT TO HAVE WITH A FIVE-MINUTE CANDLE?\n\nIF YOU'RE TOO BROKE TO AFFORD THE CANDLES, WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME AND SQUEEZE YOUR WIFE'S BUTT?\nWH-WHAT DID YOU SAY?!\nGOD, YOU MAKE SUCH A FUSS.\nHERE, I'LL SHOW YOU.\n\nSEE THAT CLOCK OVER THERE?\nWE'LL CHECK FOR OURSELVES WHETHER THIS CANDLE LASTS FIVE MINUTES.\nIF IT DOESN'T, YOU CAN TAKE OUT YOUR FRUSTRATION ON THAT WOMAN YOU'RE HOLDING.\nWHY SHOULD I BELIEVE A BUNCH OF SWINDLERS LIKE YOU PEOPLE?\n\nCOME ON, LET'S DO IT.\nBUT IF THE CANDLE REALLY DOES LAST FIVE MINUTES...\nI'LL BEAT YOU WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE.\n\nH-HOW DOES A KID HAVE THAT KIND OF LOOK IN HIS EYES...?\n\nNOW, LET'S SEE WHO THE REAL SWINDLER IS.\n\nHUH?!\n\nOH CRAP!\nWAIT, WHAT TIME DID WE START AT AGAIN?\nSIR?\n\nGAH!\n\nTHAT WAS FIVE MINUTES, A******.\n\nAAARGH!\n\n?!\nSAY YOUR PRAYERS.\n\nEEK!\nW-WAIT...\nYOU'RE THE LIAR HERE.\n\nIF YOU'VE REALLY BEEN A MERCENARY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT BIG, FAT BELLY OF YOURS?\nAND WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID ABOUT BRINGING MY MOM HERE?\nUNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, I DON'T HAVE A MOM.\n\nACK!\nURK!\nSHUT YOUR MOUTH, PRICK.\n\nI THINK SOMEONE MESSED WITH THE CANDLES.\n\nIT DIDN'T LAST FIVE MINUTES.\nDO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?\nJORGE.\nSOMEONE TAMPERED WITH OUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME.\nHMM.\n\nTHEY WHAT?!\nWHO WOULD DARE TO MESS WITH OUR SACRED ROSE CANDLES?!\nWE'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT.\n\nYOU'RE D*** RIGHT!\nIT'S YOUR JOB TO FIND THEM!\nHOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT WHO DID THIS?\nACTUALLY, I ALREADY KNOW!\n\nWHO WAS IT?\nME♡ I MESSED WITH THE CANDLES.\nMADAM AT THE SMILING ROSE MARCELLA\nI WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE DRUNKEN FOOLS AND SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE MONEY OUT OF THEM.\n\nSIGH\nSO I BEAT UP THAT GUY FOR NO REASON.\n\nWELL, WHAT CAN I DO?\nIF MADAM SAYS SHE DID IT, THEN THAT'S THAT.\nHEY!\nTHERE'S MY LITTLE BUDDY!\nI HEARD YOU GOT INTO QUITE A SCRAP YESTERDAY.\n\nTHANKS FOR HANDLING IT FOR ME.\nWHY DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN WHILE I STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE?\nYOU KNOW THAT TIP MONEY YOU COLLECTED WHILE SELLING CANDLES YESTERDAY?\nWELL, WE KIND OF NEED SOME MONEY FOR SOMETHING...\n\n...BUT EVERYONE'S VERY SHORT ON CASH.\nWHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, BURRAY?\nWOW, TAKE IT EASY.\nTHERE'S NO NEED TO GET ALL SCARY LIKE THAT.\n\nI'M NOT ASKING YOU TO JUST HAND OVER THE MONEY.\nI'M SUGGESTING WE MAKE A DEAL.\nA DEAL?\nIF YOU GIVE ME YOUR SPARE CHANGE, I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TOO.\n\nA PICKPOCKET.\nHE WAS CLUMSY, FOOLISH, AND TOTALLY INCOMPETENT.\nWELL? DO YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?\n\nI'LL LET YOU HAVE HIM FOR 40 SILVER.\nIT'S PRACTICALLY A STEAL.\nHOW ARE HIS FINGERS AND ANKLES?\n\nDO YOU THINK I WOULD'VE OFFERED HIM TO YOU IF WE'D SEVERED THEM?\nWE JUST ROUGHED HIM UP A LITTLE.\nHE'S STILL PLENTY HEALTHY AND STRONG.\nSCREW YOU...\n\nI KNEW WE COULD COUNT ON YOU!\nNEXT TIME, DON'T CALL ME. JUST KILL HIM.\nKILL HIM? I'M OFFENDED!\nWE'RE HONEST, HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEES, NOT MURDERERS.\nBUNCH OF LYING, CHEATING JERKS.\n\nSEE?\nI TOLD YOU VLAD WOULD TAKE THE DEAL.\nTHERE'S A REASON HE HAD ALL THESE YOUNG STREET KIDS UNDER HIS THUMB.\nNED...\n\nS-SORRY, VLAD!\nI TRIED TO SLIP AWAY FROM THEM...\nDID YOU BREAK ANYTHING?\n\nN-NO.\nTHEN GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SIGHT, KID.\nBEFORE I CRUSH YOU.\nO-OKAY.\nTHANKS, VLAD.\n\nSIGH\nWHEN AM I EVER GOING TO SAVE UP FIVE GOLD?\n\nSTILL, THAT KID WAS LUCKY.\n\nHE COULD'VE ENDED UP LIKE THIS FOR PICKING POCKETS.\nCLERK WORKING FOR CAPTAIN HOOVER THE WHALER HARVEN\nFINGERS CUT OFF, ANKLE TENDONS SLICED...\n\nTHE BISHOP REALLY WANTED TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF ME LAST TIME.\nOH, BY THE WAY...\nI HEARD SOMEONE MESSED WITH THE CANDLES AT THE SMILING ROSE.\nYOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT? WORD SURE GETS AROUND QUICKLY HERE.\n\nPEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT NO ONE CAN BELIEVE IT.\nTHE MADAM MAKES THE CANDLES AT THE BROTHEL...\nBUT MARCELLA WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING.\nEXACTLY.\nJORGE ALREADY SEEMED TO BE AWARE OF IT.\n\nHE'S NOT ONE TO STIR UP TROUBLE FOR NO REASON.\nRIGHT, SO IF HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS...\n...HE MUST HAVE HAD A PRETTY GOOD REASON.\nLIKE WHAT?\n\nALMOST DEFINITELY BECAUSE HE NEEDED MONEY.\nAND URGENTLY AT THAT.\nBE CAREFUL, VLAD.\n\nTHERE'S ONLY ONE REASON THE FAMILIES START GATHERING MONEY SO SUDDENLY.\nA WAR WITH ANOTHER FAMILY!\n\nTHERE ARE FIVE BOSSES WHO RULE OVER THE SLUMS OF SCHOARRA.\nTHE WHORESGUARD [JORGE]\nTHE PIG BUTCHER [BLACK BEAR]\n\nTHE GAMBLER [DICE]\nTHE WHALER [CAPTAIN HOOVER]\nAND LASTLY...\n\nTHE PENNY PINCHER [ONE-ARMED JACK]\nTHE DARKEST THINGS LURKING IN LIFE...\n...CREEP UP ON US SILENTLY FROM THE SHADOWS.\n\nLIKE RIGHT NOW.\nHEY, KID.\n\nWHERE'S YOUR BOSS?\n\nACCIDENTS HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING.\nDESTRUCTION COMES UNEXPECTEDLY.","bubble_count":231,"pages_count":76,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Vlad lingers over a back-alley sword he cannot afford while Jemina teases and worries about him after he was struck by black lightning.","spoiler_summary":"Vlad lingers over a back-alley sword he cannot afford while Jemina teases and worries about him after he was struck by black lightning. They bicker with the old smith over its five-gold price, then return to life in Schoarra's slums. At the Smiling Rose brothel where Vlad keeps time candles, he confronts an angry mercenary, proves the candle lasted five minutes, and beats him. He later learns Madam Marcella herself tampered with the candles."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-stellar-swordmaster-xht8zj4b/chapter-1-tbe2aw","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Stellar Swordmaster #1: Episode 1","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T07:51:04.218Z"},"data_status":"partial"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-stellar-swordmaster-xht8zj4b"}}