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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3387624" data-attributes="member: 3448"><<The Society of the Black Tear?>> thought Alistair.“What is the Society of the Black Tear?” asked Kit.“You call us the Harlequins.  We were founded at the end of the Kinslaying Wars to finish the kinslaying.  We have perfected the art of lawful rule, the art of death… The kinslaying is nearly over now, and we are used for other purposes.  Neither race wishes to kill the other one.  We have some autonomy in the Threefold Way, hence my hesitancy to poison.”“The Threefold Way?” asked Dame Brionna.“Purity, Law, and Mercy-- not to your enemy, of course, but your commoners were not Quinliart’s enemy.  Your lord-- whose choice in servants I compliment-- was Quinliart’s enemy, and thus our target.  But the way of Mercy extends to forbearing from wanton killing of your commoners.” “Were there other plots you know about?”“I do not know what you have accomplished in recent days, but there were several demonic forces allied with covens in the city.”  The assassin thought for a moment.  “Some thought that Quinliart would bring his own forces to bear as well, but I believe his cousin has taken care of that possibility.  So I believe that we are it.”“Go through the covens,” said Kit.  “We’ve dealt with some, but I want to know whether there are any that you know of that we have not.”“There were three we knew about.  One contained the madams of three of your brothels, as well as a smattering of their prostitutes.  A second coven was in the lower city-- a few tavern owners, but primarily goodwives; they were deceived deliberately.  And a third coven in your sewers, when last I noticed.”</blockquote>

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