Maze of Games - Chapter Two - Puzzle ? - Eight of Clubs - Acts of War

In which our sibling protagonists find themselves in the next realm of the Maze of Games, the maze of clubs, which is a hedgemaze, possibly inhabited by peasants (I hope they're not revolting). We know this because our heroine gives a brief introduction to the meaning of the individual suits, which goes entirely against what I learned from that font of knowledge, Sting. 

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

The first step is to find the first room. The Club maze has multiple entrances and exits, and the goal, per our heroine, is to make a path that visits all cards without crossing. The left two entrances are connected in one giant loop, which doesn't go through all of the cards, so we are sent to the right. Either path on the right starts with the 8 of clubs, however, the path up loops around and dead ends in its several options, so we go to the far right option to get us started. 

The 8 brings us to a reenactment of several bits of Shakespeare by a pack of 'tragedians' rehearsing their death scenes. Those deaths form the basis of our puzzle. We match the killers with their victims - thanks for the immersion in Shakespeare, mom! - and find, based on the order from 1-14 and A-N, a word within the scramble. MALICE.

As before, we need that word, in order, to then put it into a new pattern. We are told to 'add letters on the bow and stern, to make an item quite included to turn.' OK, this makes no sense - after banging my head for a bit I confirm that MALICE is the first word. It is not. I go back and look at the map. Apparently, I should have solved that first, rather than just the first stop.

Once that is done, in order to get all of the cards, it is necessary to do the loop to the left, though it's still not clear which way I am supposed to go, clockwise or counterclockwise, before going over to the 8 of clubs. Our options are to start with the 4 or the 6. 

I start with the 4 of clubs... next time.