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'''Interludes''' are chapters in ''[[Pact]]'' and ''[[Pale]]'' (as well as [[Wildbow]]'s other works) that are narrated from the point of view of a character other than the primary protagonist or protagonists. For the purposes of this article, all such chapters are considered interludes, including those which are otherwise labelled within the work itself (such as [[Blood Run Cold 0.0]], the prologue to ''[[Pale]]'').

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==Structure and usage==
Interludes are primarily distinguished from regular chapters by being indexed by letters instead of numbers (e.g. "1.x" instead of "1.1"). The letters used for interludes do not always follow a specific pattern, but generally will use "a, b, c" for interludes at the beginning or middle of an arc, and "x, y, z" for interludes at the end of an arc. Most arcs have an interlude as their final chapter.

Some interludes break from the ususal pattern. One of the most notable such instances is ''[[Signature]]'' (Arc 8 of ''[[Pact]]''), which is entirely told from the perspective of [[Mags Holt]] and can thus be considered an entire interlude arc in itself.

[[Wildbow]] generally does not use the same character more than once as the subject of an interlude, unless they have gone through a major change in personality or identity.<ref>beleg_tal: I've heard that WB doesn't reuse interlude characters, but it looks like 5.a and 5.c are both Clem. Is this an exception to the rule or am I mistaken about whose perspective is in those chapters?<br>
Wildbow: Exception.<br>I wouldn't call it a ''rule'', exactly.  Just feels like a bit of a waste to retread characters, unless it's particularly arc-relevant.<br>Or a character takes on a new identity/role.<br>-[https://discord.com/channels/352800639396347935/706938466813870141/879831211743260703 WoG] on the ''Doof! Media'' Discord server</ref> Interludes are almost always important to the main storyline: intricacies to the setting are revealed, agendas are elucidated on and numerous other things are revealed. They are usually very detailed and have interesting backstories, rather than simply being plot dispensers. Some interludes are told from the perspective of characters that Wildbow had previously considered using as the works' protagonists.

==Pact Interludes==
Interludes in ''[[Pact]]'' are classified into two categories: '''Gathered Pages''' and '''Histories'''. The former consist of excerpts from in-universe textbooks, diaries, notes, etc. The latter are narrative chapters, generally narrated in third person (unlike the rest of ''Pact''), and either continuing the story from an alternative perspective or providing background on events occurring before the story began.

{|class="mw-collapsible wikitable"
! Arc !! Interlude !! Category !! Contents/Perspective character
|-
| Arc 1 : [[Bonds]]
| [[Interlude 1|Interlude 1.x]]
| Gathered Pages
| excerpts from the diary of [[Rose Thorburn Senior]]
|-
|rowspan=2|Arc 2: [[Damages]]
|[[Interlude 2.x]]
|Gathered Pages
| excerpts from ''[[Famulus]]'', ''[[Implementum]]'', and ''[[Demesnes]]''
|-
|[[Interlude 2.y]]
|Histories
|[[Maggie Holt]]
|-
|Arc 3: [[Breach]]
|[[Interlude 3|Interlude 3.x]]
|Histories
|[[Sandra Duchamp]]
|-
|Arc 4: [[Collateral]]
|[[Interlude 4|Interlude 4.x]]
|Gathered Pages
|excerpts from ''[[Black Lamb's Blood]]''
|-
|Arc 5: [[Conviction]]
|[[Interlude 5|Interlude 5.x]]
|Histories
|[[Joseph Attwell]], [[Matthew Attwell]], [[Malcolm Attwell]]
|-
|Arc 6: [[Subordination]]
|[[Interlude 6|Interlude 6.x]]
|Histories
|[[Aimon Behaim]]
|-
|Arc 7: [[Void (arc)|Void]]
|[[Interlude 7|Interlude 7.x]]
|Histories
|[[Isadora]], [[The Eye]], [[Astrologer]], [[Sisters of the Torch]], [[The Shepherd]]
|-
|Arc 8: [[Signature]]
|''(entire arc)''
|(Histories)<ref name="histories">This arc is not labelled as an interlude within the work itself, but structurally takes the form of a Histories interlude.</ref> 
|[[Mags Holt]]
|-
|Arc 9: [[Null]]
|[[Interlude 9|Interlude 9.x]]
|Histories
|[[Jeremy Meath]]
|-
|Arc 10: [[Mala Fide]]
|[[Interlude 10|Interlude 10.x]]
|Gathered Pages
|[[Andy]]'s notes
|-
|Arc 11: [[Malfeasance]]
|[[Interlude 11|Interlude 11.x]]
|Histories
|[[Midge]], [[James Corvidae]], [[Green Eyes]]
|-
|Arc 12: [[Duress]]
|[[Interlude 12|Interlude 12.x]]
|Histories
|[[Alister Behaim]]
|-
|Arc 13: [[Execution]]
|[[Interlude 13|Interlude 13.x]]
|Gathered Pages
|excerpts from [[Padraic]]'s diary
|-
|Arc 14: [[Sine Die]]
|[[Interlude 14|Interlude 14.x]]
|Histories
|[[Faysal Anwar]]
|-
|Arc 15: [[Possession]]
|[[Interlude 15|Interlude 15.x]]
|Histories
|[[Chauffeur]]
|-
|Arc 16: [[Judgment]]
|colspan=3|''(none)''
|-
|''n/a''
|[[Epilogue]]
|(Histories)<ref name="histories" />
|[[Dominic]]
|}

==Pale Interludes==
Unlike ''[[Pact]]'', ''[[Pale]]'' does not have two different kinds of interludes. Instead, all interludes are narrative in form, and content that would have been published as "Gathered Pages" interludes in ''Pact'' are instead published as [[Extra Material]]s. Some extra materials are narrative in form, but unlike interludes they are not included as chapters within the work itself, but are instead included alongside the work.

Interludes in ''Pale'' use header banners that do not contain images of the [[Kennet Trio]], but which use the same background as the header banner associated with whichever of the three girls has the closest connection to the perspective character or narrative for that interlude.

{|class="mw-collapsible wikitable"
! Arc !! Interlude !! Banner !! Perspective character
|-
| Arc 0: [[Blood Run Cold]] 
| [[Blood Run Cold 0.0]]<ref>This chapter is labelled as a Prologue, rather than an Interlude, but otherwise follows the same format as other interludes.</ref>
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Louise Bayer]]
|-
| Arc 1: [[Lost for Words]]
| [[Lost for Words 1.z]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Gabriel Necaise]]
|-
| Arc 2: [[Stolen Away]]
| [[Stolen Away 2.z]] 
| [[Avery]]
| [[Nicolette Belanger]]
|-
| Arc 3: [[Out on a Limb]]
| [[Out on a Limb 3.z]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Zed Sadler]]
|-
| Arc 4: [[Leaving a Mark]]
| [[Leaving a Mark 4.x]]
| [[Avery]]
| [[Snowdrop]]
|-
|rowspan=4| Arc 5: [[Back Away]]
| [[Back Away 5.a]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Clementine Robertjon]]
|-
| [[Back Away 5.b]]
| [[Avery]]
| [[Daniel Alitzer]]
|-
| [[Back Away 5.c]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Clementine Robertjon]]
|-
| [[Back Away 5.d]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Peckersnot]], [[Matthew Moss]], [[Tashlit]], [[Miss]]
|-
| Arc 6: [[Cutting Class]]
| [[Cutting Class 6.z]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Fernanda Whitt]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | Arc 7: [[Gone Ahead]]
| [[Gone Ahead 7.a]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Kevin Noone]]
|-
| [[Gone Ahead 7.x]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Alexander Belanger]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | Arc 8: [[Vanishing Points]]
| [[Vanishing Points 8.a]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Liberty Tedd]]
|-
| [[Vanishing Points 8.8]]<br>(second section)
| [[Avery]]
| [[Snowdrop]]
|-
| Arc 9: [[Shaking Hands]]
|[[Shaking Hands 9.z|Shaking Hands 9.x]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Tashlit]]
|-
| rowspan=7 | Arc 10: [[One After Another]]
| [[One After Another 10.a]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[John Stiles]]
|-
| [[Far Cry 14.12]]<br>(April Fools' interlude)
| ''(none)''
| [[Zed Sadler]], [[Avery Kelly]]
|-
| [[One After Another 10.b]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Cig]]
|-
| [[One After Another 10.c]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Chloe]]
|-
| [[One After Another 10.d]]
| [[Avery]]
| [[Alpeana]]
|-
| [[One After Another 10.e]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Sir Toadswallow]]
|-
| [[One After Another 10.z]]
| [[Verona]]
| [[Edith James]]
|-
| Arc 11: [[Dash to Pieces]]
| [[Dash to Pieces 11.z]]
| [[Avery]]
| [[Maricica]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | Arc 12: [[False Moves]]
| [[False Move 12a]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Cherrypop]]
|-
| [[False Moves 12.a]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Clint]], [[Elise Norwood]], [[Leann Norwood]], [[Gerald Haris]]
|-
| [[False Moves 12.z]]
| [[Lucy]]
| [[Reid Musser]]
|-
| rowspan=6 | Arc 13: [[Summer Break (arc)|Summer Break]]
|[[Break 1]]
|[[Lucy]]
|[[Rad Ray Sunshine]]
|-
|[[Break 2]]
|[[Lucy]]
|[[John Stiles]]
|-
|[[Break 3]]
|[[Lucy]]
|[[Alabaster Doe]]
|-
|[[Break 4]]
|[[Lucy]]|
|[[Cagerattler]], [[Francis]], {{Plathlink}}
|-
|[[Break 5]]
|[[Lucy]]
|[[John Stiles]]
|-
|[[Summer Break (chapter)|Summer Break]]
|[[Lucy]]
|[[Lucy Ellingson]], [[Jasmine Ellingson]], [[Verona Hayward]], [[Avery Kelly]]
|}

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