@Goldfish
-[ ] As the reactions are likely to be negative, you are going into this already expecting some questions and you have answers, and you will attempt to be as forthright about what drove your actions as possible. We've dealt with them fairly and honestly, and could have withheld this with only a literal God being capable of revealing the truth out of petty spite. They could at least stand to listen.
-[ ] Tor was a man who lusted after true magical power, and this was happening during a time when we little understood magic ourselves, so any means to acquire it seemed proportionate to the degree of desperation he must have felt in the twilight of his life.
--[ ] Because of this he found a way to awaken to magic--our blood. That was a deal fairly wrought, but we didn't quite understand at the time that in order to continue making use of his abilities he would need more blood of magic users close at hand, and rather than bargain for it, he enslaved others in the heart of the Secret City and under its rulers' noses. He hadn't made any indications to change his manner of operating, though in hindsight it might have been possible to convince him.
--[ ] Full disclosure, while we hold a hatred for slavery, we first made an attempt on his life because he made us complicit in something contemptible. But even then, the Windward Society, even Tor, were family friends, they gave us a warm home when we had just picked ourselves off of the streets, and the rush of imminent voluntary exile made us act with perhaps unseemly haste.
-[ ] However, that's not where the story ends. Unwarded by divination then, Tor figured out he was going to be attacked and fled Braavos ahead of us.
--[ ] He later turned up in Pentos where we happened upon him by chance and where he met his end. His
first end.
---[ ] Power, wealth and influence did not change Tor for the better, all three of which he had for quite awhile. For each of our successes, he grew more paranoid and finally mad, never having ceased his enslaving of mages, rather he grew more
sophisticated at it, binding men wholly and completely to servitude, and eventually disposal in his own experiments.
----[ ] Moreover he cut deals with Dark Gods and it was only a matter of time until he was used as a pawn in some scheme against us given his ally at the time was the mortal enemy of one of our allies, Yss.
-[ ] Finally, the third time we dealt with Tor was when his 'patron' brought him back to kill the last of Yss' chosen people. We can't claim Tor's murderous attempts on the lives of those close to us as much of a reasoning for ensuring his resurrection would never be possible again, but we'd be lying if we claimed we weren't
relieved by it.
-[ ] "I did not want the last memory you possessed of Tor to be of betrayal and madness. The last embers of guilt I felt at killing a man who gifted my sister nameday presents and told me stories by the fire have faded, but that doesn't excuse holding back when forging oaths with those close to him."
--[ ] Before anyone can cut in, at this point succinctly say, "I'll release you from your oaths should you feel scorned by this revelation. I
owe you all that much. And I would greatly value your continued, and willing, service. But this was one niggling doubt in the back of my mind I could not allow to linger. I spared other slavers, so why not Tor?"
--[] "The benefit of hindsight makes liars and cheats of us all, so I won't say that alone was an excuse, but the man
did pick his path, just as I have."
