Character · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods
Orren
A Syndicate Liaison: a hooded, purple-handed, British-voiced fact-finder — 'Not quite a sheriff. Not quite an attorney. Not quite a judge' — who investigates when the kua-tin's report and the AI's disagree, and who applauds the murder he cannot prove. Under the hood, a bowl of liquid and a Valtay worm.
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A Syndicate Liaison in an office at the Desperado Club: hooded, dark-purple hands, a British professor's voice; a fact-finder called in when the kua-tin's report and the AI's disagree; never before has an admin been murdered and nobody known how. He reconstructs Loita's murder as a chemistry of disco-ball residue and tamper-proof polymer — 'one of the most brilliant assassinations I have ever seen a crawler execute' — offers a Legendary box for the name of Carl's outside source, and is refused. No consensus; matter closed; his own recommendation to remove Carl overruled in council; 'if the rumors are correct and we do take over after the next floor', his people will listen. When his hood slips his face is a bowl of liquid with a Valtay worm in it (ch. 19).