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The Thieves Guild

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by Jake Kerr.

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Episode 90.

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A surprising and important development.

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Founders Square, the central square of the old
quarter, was one of the

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oldest landmarks in all of Ness. Its cobblestone
center was

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worn so smooth that wagons could ride across it
with very little violence to

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their passengers. The buildings that surrounded
the square were

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similarly old, and one towered over the others.

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Its previous use was lost to history, but it was
made of stone hauled from the

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mountains and its two stories were marked by a
solidity that

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projected security, timelessness, and authority.

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It was called Founders House, and it was rumored
that the founders of

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Ness met there to settle disputes among themselves
and of their fellow

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citizens.

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Raylan was sitting in a large room at the front of
the second floor, with bay

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windows overlooking the vibrant square.

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With him was Kude, Dirk, Filos, and a group of ten
Harvest Guild

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members, each one the patriarch or matriarch of a
family that was forced to

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leave the lower quarter.

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They sat at a round table, with Raylan at what
could be considered the head,

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the seat with the back to the square.

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Kude was to his right and Dirk to his left.

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Wine, meats, and cheeses were available around the
table, and the

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Harvest Guild members picked at the food.

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Raylan was nervous. It was one thing to rally
desperate people

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stumbling into the old quarter from across the
bridge, but it was another thing to

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face the leadership of the families who were
dispossessed.

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They would be bitter, angry, and judgmental.

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One misstep and Raylan would destroy any goodwill
the

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thieves were building with them.

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Hoping for the best, Raylan decided to be blunt
and honest.

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With nothing to lose, it was most likely not only
the best strategy,

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it was the easiest. All he had to do was tell the
truth.

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Turning to Kude, Raylan said, "We are missing
families."

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"Indeed. A significant number were imprisoned,
while others are still lost

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in the chaos.

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Then there are the many who simply don't require a
voice."

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Raylan nodded. Not every family required a place
at the ruling

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table. They looked to others to represent their
interests, and at least some of

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those families were at the table. Unfortunately,
the most important

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families were imprisoned.

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Returning his attention to those families
surrounding him, Harvest Guild members

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who were attacked, harassed, and betrayed,

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Raylan could see the hardness, the pain, and the
anger behind every

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face. "I understand you all are uncertain as to
who the thieves are,

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why we are helping you, and what is going on.

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I hope to answer all those questions during this
meeting."

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Raylan turned to Kude. "This is Kude.

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He is the captain of the old quarter."

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Turning to Dirk, he said, "This is Dirk.

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He is captain of the guard."

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Looking back to his guests, Raylan continued,
"These two men

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oversee your food, shelter, safety, and security.

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Kude, can you please give us an update on the
refugees?"

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"Yes, guild master."

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Raylan was grateful that the proud Kude treated
him with the respect a guild

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master demanded.

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It was important in front of the hard faces.

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"The clearing of the lower quarter has effectively
ended.

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There are occasional Harvest Guild members
wandering across the bridge, but they are few and
far between

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at this point.

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If I may put modesty aside, sir,

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our guild mates have done an amazing job making
the abandoned sections of the quarter livable for
our new

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guests."

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Kude nodded across the table.

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"We are doing our best to make them comfortable,
and they are organized as well as we could into

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neighborhoods that they would find familiar.

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We have roughly 10 areas of the quarter in good
enough shape to house everyone.

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So far, it appears to be enough."

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"Ten neighborhoods?"

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Raylan looked at the 10 guests at the table, and
suddenly realized why

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Kude had brought this specific group.

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"Do you agree with Captain Kude's assessment?"

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A sour-faced woman with wispy white hair
replied...

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"Aye, it be dusty, but it is dry and livable."

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"And the food?"

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"Better than some of us are used to."

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"Good. We need to take care with supplies, as we
were unprepared for

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your numbers, so that may change,

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but I hope you understand."

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Faces around the table nodded. "Captain Dirk, any
news on the knights?"

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"The wall on this side of the river remains under
our control.

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The knights seem little interested in operations
against us.

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The knights on the bridge

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are mostly staying in the background,

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stopping violence,

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and supporting the merchant guild guards."

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"Traitors."

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"Indeed.

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The merchant guards are the ones driving the
Harvest Guild across the bridge.

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Although, as Captain Kude noted, that appears to
have ended."

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"Any sign of operations against us?" Raylan

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looked at Dirk. He knew that he was asking a
question that would require a confidential

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answer, but he wanted to display trust and
transparency to the Harvest

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Guild members. He hoped Dirk would
understand.Without any

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hesitation, Dirk replied, "None, sir.

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The Knights appear to be doing no more than simply
letting things happen.

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They are not gathering anywhere we can see for any
kind of offensive against us.

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The Rangers are operating normally.

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In fact, it is possible

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that Crinto doesn't even know what is happening
within Ness."

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Raylan nodded.

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"It is possible. They are very isolated.

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I'm sure their information comes from Sax."

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"The craft guards are not marshaling any forces
either.

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They and the knights appear

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to simply be letting Larsen do all the dirty
work."

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"They are still traitors," came

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a reply from a man at the table, which led to
universal murmurs of approval.

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"And Polo?" Raylan asked. It was perhaps

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unfair to ask that of Kude or Dirk, as the Harvest
District was far

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outside either of their responsibilities, but he
knew their answer, and he

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hoped it would spur conversation from the Harvest
Guild families.

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"No word, sir,"

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Dirk replied, as Kude nodded. "He'll make things
right,"

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a fourth voice stated. She was a middle-aged woman
with wild and unruly

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brown hair. "He'll rally those from the mines and
the outer fields."

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"Please introduce yourself."

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He was hoping that by bringing the families into
the conversation, he wouldn't have to make

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an inspirational speech, or answer questions for
which he had no answer.

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They would shape the conversation themselves.

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The man introduced himself, and then the others
did the same.

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A few expressed gratitude for the kindness of the
thieves, but the

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overwhelming attitude seemed to be one of
suspicion.

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At one point, Kude leaned over and whispered, "You
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history and mission, Guild Master." Raylan
outlined a brief history of

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Ness as Rafe had taught him.

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The civil war from centuries earlier, the move
across the river, and

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then the gradual disparity between the rich in the
upper quarter and the poor in the

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flats, and even those that lived in the old
quarter and worked after traveling

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every day across the bridge.

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"The thieves have always looked out for the poor
and undefended in Ness.

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Our guild motto is, 'We take so we can give.'

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Our members include many Harvest Guild members who
are too poor to feed or shelter

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themselves. We do that for members of every
guild."

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"Impossible,"

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a man directly across the table from Raylan
exclaimed.

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"There are none in our guild so poor as to need
the assistance of thieves."

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Before Raylan could reply, Kude raised a

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finger.

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"If I may,

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Guild Master?"

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"By all means."

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"You are Simpson,

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are you not?"

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The man nodded.

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"You were almost taken by the merchants."

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It was a statement, not a question, and Kude
continued.

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"It is because your family has long managed the
roads in the flats, correct?

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You have the respect of everyone for your visible
efforts."

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The man nodded, looking suspicious.

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"It is an honorable job, and one with a certain
level of gratitude."

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Kude paused, allowing Simpson an opening to
interrupt, which he did.

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"Without our efforts, the streets would be
impassable.

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We clear the broken wheels, the dead horses, the
garbage.

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We repair the stones. We work with our guild mates
in the mines and place

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new ones."

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Kude was about to speak, but Simpson continued.

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"And for those that wonder why we are in the
Harvest Guild when we clean and

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repair, it is due to our rich history.

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We manage the dirt roads in the outer fields when
the Craft Guild couldn't be

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bothered."

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He crossed his arms.

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"Our pay is modest, but we do important work."

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"I could not agree more.

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So let me ask you of your brothers in the Knight
Guild..."

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The Knight Guild, with an N. Raylan remembered
Maylor

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mentioning them when they were traveling through
the sewers.

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They were a guild that lived in the old quarter,
and with a dawning comprehension,

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Raylan realized what Kude was doing.

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"The sewer cleaners?"

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Raylan could sense the disdain in the man's voice.

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"The Harvest Guild members,"

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Kude gently corrected the man, "they are paid too
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flats. They live here."

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Kude waved behind him and out the window into the
old quarter behind him.

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"We provide them with shelter and food."

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Kude leaned forward.

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"While they provide you with clean sewers and
water."

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Simpson stared as Kude added.

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"There are others, those that gather and empty the
horse waste barrels.

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Those that you may not see, but do things like
scrub the floors in the guild towers."

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Kude leaned toward the man, who shrank a bit.

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"There are many."

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"So, we take so we can give,"

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Raylan interrupted before things got heated.

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"There are other guild members that live here that
we care for.

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Craftsmen who spend their days doing little more
than cutting leather into strips

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before walking across the great bridge to their
home here.

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Knights that don't wear armor, but wear white rags
that are more brown than white as they clean

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rust from swords and blood from clothes."

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Raylan shook his head.

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"The only guild without need of our help is the
merchants."

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Mumbling filled the room, as Raylan had expected.

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Everyone hated the merchants.

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"So, here we are.

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You may ask questions, but for now all I can say
is that we will provide you with

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homes and food.

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I do not know what will happen next, but I believe
you are secure."

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An older woman raised her hand. "Yes, and could
you please remind me of your

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name?"

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"Carol Miller."

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Raylan smiled. She shared his last name.

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He wondered if she was related to him through some
distant relative.

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"I would like to help our guild master.

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I believe he will make things right.

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Does he know of our plight?

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And what can we do to help?"

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"It is a difficult question to answer.

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I have sent someone to warn Polo of events, but he
is impossible to reach in Harvest

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House.

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You can be sure he is aware of what is going on,
and he is preparing to fight back

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somehow."

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"So

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this is civil war."

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It was the first woman who had spoken.

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"The merchants said that this was all Polo's
fault, and that all we had to do was

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reject him as guild master and our homes would be
returned."

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Raylan suddenly understood Larsen's plan. It was
an absurd one.

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He was threatening war unless the guild rejected
Polo.

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Why would he remotely think that blackmail would
work?

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"It is too soon to say it will be war, but it is
possible."

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Raylan turned to Dirk.

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"Captain Dirk, can you outline our defenses?"

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"Yes, Guild Master."

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Dirk continued in a matter-of-fact and precise
manner.

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"The wall is only vulnerable from the top,

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and we have blocked the access over the Great
River many years ago.

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Any attack must be via a small gap, and it is very
well

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defended.

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It will be extremely bloody for the knights to try
and take us that way.

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The Great Bridge is not only tight and difficult
to attack,

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we are prepared to destroy it if need be."

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A gasp went through the room. The Great Bridge,
nearly a mile in

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length and towering over the Great River, was
second only to the Great Wall

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as Ness' greatest achievement.

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"The wall along our bank of the river provides us
with formidable defenses

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from an invasion via ships.

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The Thieves' Gate is probably unknown to the
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but even if they knew of it,

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it is a suicide mission to attack

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with our control of the wall."

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"I'm more interested in how quickly Guild Master

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Polo can smash the merchants."

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Raylan looked at Dirk, who shrugged.

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"The tower is strong and behind the North Fork,

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the wall, and the Great River.

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Your guild has strength in numbers,

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but doesn't have control of the wall.

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It is achievable.

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An attack from the west

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via the Great Gate and coming from the outer
fields is a possibility.

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Taking the wall via the night watch

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is also possible."

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Dirk ran his hand through his hair.

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"Guild Master Polo's greatest asset is that the
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the mercy of Harvest House.

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He could burn down and destroy the merchants' old
and wealthy houses

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with ease,

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causing a grievous blow."

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Dirk nodded.

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"It was the largest of Larsen's many

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blunders."

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Peering at Simpson, Dirk stated pointedly, "The
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whether Guild Master Polo is as vicious as
Larsen." There was a

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knock on the door, and Raylan nodded to Filos, who
went to answer it.

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All eyes were on the mighty guard as he listened
to a low voice

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and then returned to Raylan.

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Leaning down, he whispered into Raylan's ear.

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Raylan's eyes went wide, and then he took a deep
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"There has been a surprising and important
development."

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Raylan looked around the table, taking in the face
of each Harvest guild member.

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"Larsen is dead and Karch is missing.

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Caeris, Orion's nephew, is the new guild master
merchant."

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"Thank the gods. Orion is a good man,"

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Simpson said, a large smile on his face.

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Positive whispering could be heard around the
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"There is more," Raylan stated.

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As every face turned to him, Raylan steeled
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news, which he knew would put the future of the
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jeopardy.

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(dramatic music)