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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8480716" data-attributes="member: 6704184">"Let us suppose, then, that we could provide proof that the majority of these masked lords are goodly folk, like you or I. What then? Shall we return to our homes and smile to our families, safe in the knowledge that only some of the people who rule over us make deals with devils and worse, Zhents? Of course not! If you know that your neighbor is a killer, and you do nothing, shall we throw you a parade because you are not a killer? Of course not! Neverember let the criminals and those owned by criminals into the city's government, but that government had no recourse to stop him! And now, how long as The Good Lady ruled, and how many masked lords have been removed? None! If the scion of a noble house abuses you, what recourse do you have? None! Our sweat and blood rebuilds this city every time it is shaken by calamity, and what voice do we have in our city's governance? None!" -excerpt from one of Kid's wordier articles published in a sympathetic paper under a nom de plum.But seriously, the masked lords could be 98% Good (unlikely in the extreme but hey maybe magic is at work) and the institution itself would still be absolutely bonkers, and every lord of Waterdeep is partly responsible for it's shortcomings.</blockquote>