The Mourn Watch, an organization of which Teren has been aware most of her life and only just recently encountered in person: a shadowy cabal serving Nevarra's elites, she had come to believe, only to have her negative judgment somewhat tempered by seeing their operations.
"The skeletons," she says suddenly, pivoting the conversation, "in the Necropolis." A sidelong glance at Emmrich, testing, "the ones what light the candles, open doors. Who were they?"
"The skeletons?" he asked with no little surprise at the change of topic. "All sorts. There's many former Mourn Watch among them. We've dedicated our lives to serve the Grand Necropolis, why not let our bones continue when we're done with them?" If he was to die, if he failed the ritual, at least he could still serve. And that was a thought that threatened to drag him down into fears he did not want to face right now.
Emmrich cleared his throat and continued. "And then there's the Venatori, who have no choice in the matter. They sealed their fate when they invaded with violence in their hearts." After a beat he glanced away with a shrug. "Perhaps it is not all sorts. Few among the nobility would choose service. But there are those who are grateful to the Necropolis for various reasons, those who saw it as a way to atone for what they did in their lives, and so on."
"But they all-- save the Venatori," Teren clarifies, uneasy, "they all wanted that. To be there. Working like that, in death." It's clearly bothering her, but she watches Emmrich's face carefully, granting him just a sliver more benefit of the doubt than most.
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"The skeletons," she says suddenly, pivoting the conversation, "in the Necropolis." A sidelong glance at Emmrich, testing, "the ones what light the candles, open doors. Who were they?"
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Emmrich cleared his throat and continued. "And then there's the Venatori, who have no choice in the matter. They sealed their fate when they invaded with violence in their hearts." After a beat he glanced away with a shrug. "Perhaps it is not all sorts. Few among the nobility would choose service. But there are those who are grateful to the Necropolis for various reasons, those who saw it as a way to atone for what they did in their lives, and so on."
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"What of Nevarra City's poor?"