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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 81537" data-attributes="member: 2020">These men and women know the meaning of the word Secrecy.&nbsp; &nbsp; Just as the Scarlet Brotherhood has spent decades evading the search methods of the various powers of Oerth, so now they find their sweeps and searches futile against this Black Brotherhood.&nbsp; They catch a few people who know little enough, which enables them to catch a few more people who also know little enough.&nbsp; Eventually, they run out of new people to catch, and come up against a stone wall.&nbsp; No further information is to be had, apparently, until the Black Brotherhood reveals itself.&nbsp; It is worth noting that this causes a moral problem within the Scarlet Brotherhood as everyone - including the Father of Obedience - is a potential suspect.&nbsp; Anyone up to the top could be a traitor, and everyone knows it.&nbsp; The few spies the other Powers have within the ranks of the Scarlet Brotherhood bear the news back to their respective Powers.&nbsp; These Powers are completely unable to locate any members of the Black Brotherhood, despite extensive sweeps and searches.&nbsp; INSTEAD, the efforts of the various Powers, to locate Black Brotherhood agents, turns up a number of SCARLET BROTHERHOOD agents, who are then arrested, tortured (or at least questioned), and all that they know dragged out of them.&nbsp; Further compromising the Scarlet Brotherhood.&nbsp; And the allies of the Scarlet Brotherhood are now asking the Scarlet Brotherhood to Clean House, since they apparently keep such a dirty one.&nbsp; Some of the allies of the Scarlet Brotherhood hint that if they don't Clean House, then they just might do it for them.&nbsp; The enemies of the Scarlet Brotherhood exult, for they know much about their foe now, and also know their foe is compromised from within.&nbsp; These enemies would dearly love to have an audience with the Black Brotherhood, so they could learn more about the secrets of the Scarlet Brotherhood.&nbsp; And some of them would pay large sums of money for such talk.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp; Meanwhile, the Robots of the Barrier Peaks, goaded on by agents of the Scarlet Brotherhood (or so evidence would say ...) attack the Valley of the Mage.&nbsp; Once more, particle cannons roar and laser turrents blast, while the valley elves bring their magic to bear, and the immense firefight lights up the whole northern part of the mountain range.&nbsp; In Bissel off to the east, people see the flashes and tremble, wondering if THEY are coming again ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 81537, member: 2020"] These men and women know the meaning of the word Secrecy. Just as the Scarlet Brotherhood has spent decades evading the search methods of the various powers of Oerth, so now they find their sweeps and searches futile against this Black Brotherhood. They catch a few people who know little enough, which enables them to catch a few more people who also know little enough. Eventually, they run out of new people to catch, and come up against a stone wall. No further information is to be had, apparently, until the Black Brotherhood reveals itself. It is worth noting that this causes a moral problem within the Scarlet Brotherhood as everyone - including the Father of Obedience - is a potential suspect. Anyone up to the top could be a traitor, and everyone knows it. The few spies the other Powers have within the ranks of the Scarlet Brotherhood bear the news back to their respective Powers. These Powers are completely unable to locate any members of the Black Brotherhood, despite extensive sweeps and searches. INSTEAD, the efforts of the various Powers, to locate Black Brotherhood agents, turns up a number of SCARLET BROTHERHOOD agents, who are then arrested, tortured (or at least questioned), and all that they know dragged out of them. Further compromising the Scarlet Brotherhood. And the allies of the Scarlet Brotherhood are now asking the Scarlet Brotherhood to Clean House, since they apparently keep such a dirty one. Some of the allies of the Scarlet Brotherhood hint that if they don't Clean House, then they just might do it for them. The enemies of the Scarlet Brotherhood exult, for they know much about their foe now, and also know their foe is compromised from within. These enemies would dearly love to have an audience with the Black Brotherhood, so they could learn more about the secrets of the Scarlet Brotherhood. And some of them would pay large sums of money for such talk. - - - Meanwhile, the Robots of the Barrier Peaks, goaded on by agents of the Scarlet Brotherhood (or so evidence would say ...) attack the Valley of the Mage. Once more, particle cannons roar and laser turrents blast, while the valley elves bring their magic to bear, and the immense firefight lights up the whole northern part of the mountain range. In Bissel off to the east, people see the flashes and tremble, wondering if THEY are coming again ... [/QUOTE]

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