On Rahel, I am not sure I agree. She seems to have the aura of someone who has power and is used to doing what she wants. I think the family does not understand her because being a merchant is not the be all and end all of her existence. I think she understands her family, just does not agree with them. I do not think there is emnity between them, just a difference of objectives. I could be very wrong about that, but I have seen what happens when you do not respect people with power you do not fully comprehend.
I don't know if there is a connection between Rahel and the perfumers daughter. I personally go more toward the fact that she knows Ewen is in company with Bevan. She could not get Bevan into as cosy a situation to pump her for information so she did the next best thing. We have to remember though, Sir Tovar does not go into the city. He probably does not know any of this. I have seen no indication that the girl is part of anything going on in the city and doubt she is on many peoples radar here (I could be wrong of course, as I usually am, but there is a great leap involved here).
From what I have seen of the city (the map), Rahel has possibly the biggest private house. I am sure land is extreemly valuable, even the rest of her family (who I think are very rich) do not have something like this. Could it belong/have belonged to her father, who knows? She does not act like a kept woman. She has some kind of power and does not seem need or want to hide it. If she is one of Lord Morgans followers, she is powerful and not afraid to do whatever she thinks is needed to perform her mission. She is a puzzle which needs to be at least watched. If she is a deryni, she could have gone through Ewens mind in detail and he would never have known (we never knew when Morgan was doing it with us, we just assumed it was all the time), the drink could have been something to relax Ewen to make things easier.
I think the reason Parku goes on about the thieves is because they cut into profits, the biggest problem for a merchant. He would prefer Royal government because it would increase his trade (and hence profits) through trade with the rest of Rethem. His view, like the rest of his family is narrowly focused on that one issue. Whatever you might say about their manners, if you are on the good side of the Agrikans/Morgathians they will keep good order.
I think I agree with everything you say in Q4. If they truly hated Mogger, I think they would not have been afraid to kill him, but there is no respect involved on their part. I will work on getting involved with the rest of Moggers crowd, at least in a business way
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I am still not sure that going to the castle to see Sir Tovar is a good idea. I am sure that it is being watched and could put both myself in jeopardy with the Mogger crew (I could be seen as what I am, a spy) and with Ewen trying to cosy up to Agrikans, well there could be another penny for the undertaker. If Sir Auram wanted information that he has, he would have just asked him. He also might not know who stayed in town because, if I recall correctly, the troops left (and it goes back to the point earlier, why would he bother to know what individuals in the town were doing if there was not a military component involved). But the ultimate choice is up to Bevan, she is the leader of our little party.
I can try to find out more about Jarop if Mogger is indeed associated with him. My guess his part in the rebellion was to steal as much as he could in the chaos with alot of the rich people abandoning their city houses.
Hopefully we are finding out the kind of information that Sir Auram wants. I think that Imare would really appreciate a week or two of camping in the woods after all this time in the cesspool that is Golotha.