If there’s confusion then think about it in simple terms—the king, Karas, swapped real salt with mock black potion poison salt. He ordered his soldiers to mix the mock black potion poison salt into the real salt pots at the councilmens’ temples to effectively make them go crazy and everyone else that eats food with the mock black potion poison salt. Some of the council are already poisoned with the mock black potion poison salt when they seasoned their food at the dinners with Karas (Karas ordered that hooded guy to do it after he poisoned him). The duke is not poisoned. Karas is faking being poisoned. Someone is stealing the mock black potion poison salt (I think Karas ordered someone to it, the cooks). The poisoned salt is a white crystal that looks like salt and has effects like the black potion.
If there’s confusion then think about it in simple terms—the king, Karas, swapped real salt with mock black potion poison salt. He ordered his soldiers to mix the mock black potion poison salt into the real salt pots at the councilmens’ temples to effectively make them go crazy and everyone else that eats food with the mock black potion poison salt. Some of the council are already poisoned with the mock black potion poison salt when they seasoned their food at the dinners with Karas (Karas ordered that hooded guy to do it after he poisoned him). The duke is not poisoned. Karas is faking being poisoned. Someone is stealing the mock black potion poison salt (I think Karas ordered someone to it, the cooks). The poisoned salt is a white crystal that looks like salt and has effects like the black potion.