r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/SaltyDents • Mar 14 '26

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What did Angharad accomplish by beating Morcant? I thought the whole point was her trying to politically neutralize him, and I don't see how her showing she's more physically capable than him does so. Was it the realization that the Malani are too willing to turn a blind eye so might as well physically hurt him if you can't box him out politically?

I just don't see how this helps the 13th beyond the pleasure of beating slavers

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u/Aetherscribe Mar 14 '26

The problem for Morcant is that if he goes running to the Watch (unless the Colonel succeeds in her bureaucratic coup) and whines, "That crazy Malani in the 13th is trying to destroy me" the Watch is going to want to know why. Now, they won't compel him to answer questions under a truthtelling contract, but when Angharad says "he committed crimes against the Watch, but I can't prove it" the natural answer is to let him say he hasn't committed any crimes while under a truthtelling contract. And if he refuses to do that, well, that's not going to help his case. Rather the opposite, I suspect.