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The Thieves Guild,

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by Jake Kerr.

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Episode 34.

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Orion.

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It was tough trying to act defeated and impotent
when one was on the verge of becoming the

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Emperor of Ness. Orion had to put up with the
abuse from Sax and Larson,

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and he had to lower his head and pretend to go
along with their plans out of fear.

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But for him, it was all part of an elaborate plan
that ended with him as the

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emperor of the city. To the populous, he was the
nice guild master.

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Some called him the heir to Pietro, which Orion
outwardly took as a

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compliment, even as the comparison to a thief made
his blood boil.

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As guild masters went, he didn't retreat into his
tower to focus on political

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maneuverings, he was a regular guy. No one wanted
to assassinate him.

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Those rumors were reserved for Guild Master Polo.

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Orion was the guild master who wasn't a threat to
anyone.

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As part of this role he played, Orion would often
walk through Founders Park,

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waving and smiling at members of every guild as he
admired the various statues that

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had stood there for ages.

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For some reason he couldn't explain, his favorite
statue was the one of the

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class he loathed and that no one visited, the
statue that

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represented the Thieves Guild. It was comprised of
two men with wide smiles

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conversing. The one thief was reaching into the
pocket of the other thief as they talked,

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while the second thief was doing the exact same
thing to the first thief.

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Orion loved the absurdity of the statue.

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Both thieves were stealing, but they gained
nothing for their efforts.

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The statue reminded Orion of Larson's brother, the
wretched boy,

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Raylan. Orion enthusiastically voted for him to be
named the Guild

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Master Thief. He loathed Raylan nearly as much as
he loathed Larson, and

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watching the boy in a cage getting pummeled with
rotten fruit on Founders Day was

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exactly the kind of punishment he considered
appropriate for the irresponsible

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and offensive boy.

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Yet Raylan had the last laugh as he ruined Orion's
grand plan.

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The thought made him clench his fists and frown.

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Everything had gone so perfectly. Larson believed
that Orion was

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dumb, and going along with Larson's plan to unite
their guilds out of fear.

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After Orion agreed to vote yes on the guild
unification, Larson

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pretty much ignored him.

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During that time, Orion had put in place all the
pieces for him to be

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named the deputy of the new unified guild.

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And once he was deputy, all he had to do was
assassinate Larson.

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And if there was one guild master in Ness that no
one would much care about being

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assassinated, it would be Larson.

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Orion was slightly worried about Karch.

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He was a slippery and devious one, but he wasn't a
guild master, and Orion had

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many more resources than Larson's deputy, not the
least of which was his blade.

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No guild had a better blade than the Craft Guild.

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Orion's blade had already discovered that Karch
had assassinated Pietro, that

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Polo was holed up in Harvest House, and that
Raylan was lost in the wastelands of

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the Wretched Quarter. The last point was a key
one.

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With Raylan out of the picture, the entire focus
of Orion's plan was now

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dependent on Polo, the annoying old guild master
of the Harvest

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Guild.

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Orion's blade had told him that Larson had some
kind of sophisticated plan to

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assassinate the old man. "Good," thought Orion.

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"Do all the dirty work. When you have finally
achieved everything in

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unifying Ness under one guild, then it will be my
day."

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Orion did have one thought. With Larson focused on
Polo,

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maybe Orion could take care of Raylan.

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He'd be practically impossible to find amongst the
wretched, poor across the river, but the

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search would be completely out of the view of any
of the other guild masters.

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Orion could surreptitiously help Larson make his
move by killing Raylan, not

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revealing his true intentions in the process.

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All he'd have to do is find Raylan, kill him, and
have his body dumped

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somewhere that could be found. "Sure, the odds of
that are slim, but it is a good

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plan," thought Orion. "Let Larson play his risky
games.

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While no one is looking, I'll solve this problem
myself."

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He turned and hurried back to Craft Tower.

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He had a new mission for the blade of the guild
master.

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(instrumental music plays)