by Sir Baris » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:57 am
I know we're talking about the assassin, but I wanted to interject some thoughts about Kolorn sending his men to kill "everyone" at Sir Danys' house.
I think Ewen was the target, but Kolorn didn't know.
I think it's really odd that, one day after he met with us to form an alliance, something happened to make Kolorn want to kill us, and he also had time to meet with Danys, arrange for Danys to invite us over, and arrange for his men to come kill us all.
Also, the fact that there wasn't an explicit target is odd. If Kolorn targeted Ewen, the orders would not have been just, "Kill everyone," they would have been, "Kill everyone, especially Ewen."
Given all that, I don't think Kolorn knew we'd be in the house.
It's possible Danys was the true target for reasons unknown, perhaps he was blackmailing someone, and we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. If this were the case, though, wouldn't the orders have been, "Kill everyone, especially Danys"?
Also, if Danys were the target, why so many men in the attacking force? It didn't seem like he had a lot of guards. All his money was spent on women and booze.
My gut says there is a third party aware of the alliance who arranged the attack in order to drive a wedge between us and Kolorn. This third party could have enticed Danys to invite us, and Kolorn to attack Danys.
This last possibility explains why Danys said he had a revelation. Someone knew that would entice us to go. So whoever added that detail knows us. Danys doesn't know much about us, we've never really met. And, for the reasons above, I don't think that someone was Kolorn. Thus, we're left with a third party.
A third party trying to drive a wedge between us and Kolorn also explains the odd wording of the orders- it means that Ewen as the target was hidden from Kolorn.
So, who would have the authority to make Kolorn send a ton of guys to kill "everyone" in Danys's house?
There are some flaws with this theory- if the third party told Kolorn Danys was the target, why weren't the orders, "Kill everyone, especially Danys." Maybe the third party told Kolorn to not let his men know the target, so they had plausible deniability, etc.
Anyway, thoughts?
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