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[RT][HF] A Practical Guide to Evil, Book 3, Chapter 17: Allegiance
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Author: u/MoralRelativity *
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URL: https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/chapter-17-allegiance/
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Score: 32
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Created: 2017-07-10T04:26:03
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u/Arganthonius [+8] (7 minutes later)
Looks like Catherine is going to turn Queen of Blades into a name/role. I'd always guessed she was going to become a Gray Knight.
u/None [+8] (2 hours later)
It's 100% Warlord. The title is capitalized and this is the second time its been used in this type of circumstance.
u/Arganthonius [+10] (7 hours later)
Cat can't be the Warlord, because that's an orc name and their culture was systematically dismantled.
“When it comes to the Clans,” he said, “we have the Miezans to blame for that. They systematically dismantled every aspect of orc culture. They went as far as razing the holy grounds of the Broken Antler Horde, the largest city on Callernia at the time. Roles do not come to be in a void, Catherine. There needs to be a weight behind them, a cultural imperative. Had the Clans broken away from Praes after the Declaration we might have seen a rebirth of their old Names, but the first Dread Empress managed to keep them in the fold by the skin of her teeth.”
“That’s kind of sad,” I admitted.
“Their most common Name was the Warlord,” Black murmured. “Mostly known for their propensity to put entire villages to the torch and take back their inhabitants to the Steppes as thralls.”
Orcs have referred to Cat/Black as Warlord, though.
Also, Cat has actually copied Elizabeth Alban's tactics before, and Alban has been mentioned some times in the little quotes at the beginning of each chapter. And she did qualify for the Queen title before. I'm probably wrong, though.
u/FeluriansCloak [+4] (an hour later)
I also think her cloak of enemy colors has been mentioned too many times to not be a part of her new name, imo. Lends credence to the idea of her not being a black knight or white knight, but something else. Maybe a rainbow knight? 😂
u/leakycauldron [+2] Imperium of Man (10 hours later)
Fey Knight?
u/MoralRelativity [+1] (18 hours later)
I like it!
u/None [+8] (8 hours later)
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u/CeruleanTresses [+7] (9 hours later)
We have, once--she was inadvertently lowering the temperature of the room in one of the previous chapters.
u/None [+4] (13 hours later)
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u/CeruleanTresses [+3] (13 hours later)
Ooh, that would be cool! I'd like to see what being caught in the narrative is like from the inside.
u/MoralRelativity [+8] (5 hours later)
Such an awesome chapter. Cat rocks. Such a lot of character development in such a short time. Those 2,000 nights are really going to kick Akua's butt in a few months.
I'm glad the author chose to skip showing how Laure was taken back. It would have been more of what we've already seen.
u/AurelianoTampa [+2] (a day later)
I'm glad the author chose to skip showing how Laure was taken back.
Wait, Laure was taken back? Was there a side chapter? I thought they were still in Marchford...
u/MoralRelativity [+1] (a day later)
Sorry, I got mixed up. You're right. They are still in Marchford.
u/you_troll [+4] (2 hours later)
I am so hyped right now. Can't even contain it.
u/JdubCT [+3] (3 hours later)
This is going to get messy. Well, messier.