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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3781468" data-attributes="member: 3448">Back to regular updates.-----“Which specific noble houses are the ringleaders in leading the missing army?”“Duke Edelford is the overall commander and, along with his family, the ringleader.  He has three younger brothers, out of seven total siblings, and nearly a dozen sons.  He is a powerful warrior and a reasonable scout.  He also looks very young--as young as his sons-- despite no known non-human ancestry.”“Huh.  That’s unusual.  Has he always looked younger?”“No, he looked his age when he first came to court at sixteen.  His father died shortly after he came to the court, and then his aging seemed to slow down.  I’m sure that’s some trick of genetics, though.”Kit did not believe that for a second, but felt no need to argue the point with her agent.  “What religion is Duke Edelford?  Glor’diadelian?”“He attends the temple, but I would say he is not a man of great devotion.  His wife was, but she died in the last childbirth, some five years ago.  Since her death… he still goes to services, but not particularly frequently and without any great indicators of faith.”“I guess a death in child birth isn’t that surprising even for a noblewoman after that many children.  Does he have any children from the other side of the sheets?”“Oh, Lord of Light, yes.  The gossip of the court was that he couldn’t lie down without making someone pregnant.  He has dozens of bastards, to the point where the Bishop reprimanded him.  There is an understanding.  Most nobles take one mistress, who is cherished, because the marriages are arranged.”“Mmm-hmm,” murmured Kit noncommittally.The Baroness did not hear Kit’s interjection, or at least if she had, she chose to ignore it.  “But proper nobles do not have a vixen in every village of their domain.”Lady Breena’s prim tone helped Kit form more of an understanding of how her agent thought.  She made a mental note to make sure that the Baroness did not allow her primness to interfere with her analysis, or with Canberry’s intelligence network.  “No wonder he wants wars of conquest…  That leaves a lot of people he’ll want land for.  Do you know if he has magical support with him?”“I do not know for sure, m’lady.  He has a very powerful archmage in his service, but I don’t know if the the archmage is with him.”“We need to know that, so you need to find out.”“Yes, m’lady.”</blockquote>

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