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| - The Empress's plan in reaction was to replace the current Warlord Aliera e'Kieron, arresting her for Elder Sorcery and replacing her with Dragon Heir Norathar e'Lanya. Since Aliera was friends with both of them, they planned to divert outrage at the Massacre onto Aliera until it died down, then allow her to escape. Vlad Taltos heard of Aliera's arrest and came to try to help, and immediately spotted the flaw in the Empress' plan: Aliera would never be persuaded to escape, since it implied guilt on her part. This left the Empress in the awkward position of being forced to execute her friend Aliera, or to properly investigate the massacre, which would draw the ire of the conspirators, and likely lead to massive loss of life in the rioting that would inevitably erupt in the aftermath of such
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| - The Empress's plan in reaction was to replace the current Warlord Aliera e'Kieron, arresting her for Elder Sorcery and replacing her with Dragon Heir Norathar e'Lanya. Since Aliera was friends with both of them, they planned to divert outrage at the Massacre onto Aliera until it died down, then allow her to escape. Vlad Taltos heard of Aliera's arrest and came to try to help, and immediately spotted the flaw in the Empress' plan: Aliera would never be persuaded to escape, since it implied guilt on her part. This left the Empress in the awkward position of being forced to execute her friend Aliera, or to properly investigate the massacre, which would draw the ire of the conspirators, and likely lead to massive loss of life in the rioting that would inevitably erupt in the aftermath of such an investigation. Vlad, and his Justicer, Perisil, pointed out why the Empress' plan couldn't work, and nudged the Empress into beginning a genuine investigation into Tirma. The conspirators got wind of this and realized that such an investigation would remove their leverage and lose them the lucrative narcotics market. In response the conspirators devised a further plot to shelve the investigation: they would assassinate the investigator's assistant when he came to answer questions to the Teckla activists, pinning the murder on the activists themselves and throwing the investigation into confusion. This confusion would leave enough time for the conspirators to have the new narcotics laws enacted and complete their plan. The conspiracy was uncovered and foiled by a team led by Vlad. In gratitude, the Empress, realizing that Vlad had no use for another Imperial Title, offered him some wine and cheese.
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