#schemers

these four are staying in the viper’s den, embedded inside institutions that are under attack, they will have to manoeuvre in a way that is incredibly calculated because the risks are so high, we’ve seen evidence already of exactly how ruthless and deadly the sundered houses can be on the basis of one interaction, look no further than Murray and Teor in episode 3

if the table ends up being Bolaire, Hal, Azune, and Murray, all four are members of different institutions in different parts of town,, it’s likely there will be times where they are each on their own surrounded by people of uncertain loyalties trying to enact their agenda without getting burned

"We're saving the king, get to it!"

I love this line, after that grueling combat and the stress of the fight, finally getting more than 5 paces into the main combat arena was a goddamn victory. But I'm paranoid, and the sundered houses did not get everything they wanted, but also have secured a victory, and taken a step towards complete control of..... Well, everything. But I find it funny to stop and think about all of this from the perspective of the sundered houses as a unit, because the head of house Cormoray is missing, the scion of Halovar is missing, all of Royce is gone and nobody knows why, Primus isn't showing up to the secretive meetings and nobody knows we're the hell to send him letters to, not even his next in line. Depending on our timeline Divinos/Royce, who are missing with only a flimsy explanation of were they went, are being blamed for the murder of the youngest Tachonis child. In maybe about a month, someone may realize that the parah blades are missing and replaced with replicas, oh, and Timony might well be going to war, which was always a part of the plan except for the part where there wily, seasoned warrior king (who the sundered houses chose to kill, rather than buy or manipulate, which tells you a lot,) was supposed to be cold and in the ground before said war started.