Hey, just wanted to say I recently finished Pentiment and it was *fantastic*. Entirely niche question but, when it came to the relatively minor character of the Executioner, why was he staying with Smokey/in his camp before the Act 1 ending? Maybe my favorite one-off character due to his little miserable dialogue about his job and “it’s probably the sword”. Have a good day!
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Richart is an executioner, and despite performing jobs that the empire considered necessary and important, executioners were generally reviled. They were not considered "good people" and typically associated with other people at the fringes of society. In Tassing, that means the charcoal burner and his Romani friend.
Much of the information I relied on for Richart came from Joel F. Harrington's excellent book The Faithful Executioner, which I highly recommend.
