Thinking about how the first real threat out of the Karen-descent Creed clerks’ mouths was that they would tattle on the Hallowed Round’s play and go straight to Captain Nayar about it
Leaving aside the fact that Capt. Azune ‘Fuck the Sundered Houses and Fuck You Too’ Scheming Schemer Nayar wouldn’t do shit for them, I had to hit the mental brakes on a rewatch to realize
Azune got promoted this morning. Literally during the same audience at the Stahlkeep where he presented the evidence against House Tachonis. This same day.
Now, being reasonable, maybe the Candescent Creed clerks knew his title by just waltzing up and asking for Azune himself prior to entering the Hallowed Round (a scene we did not see) and maybe that’s how they learned about the new station. Maybe one of the Arcane Marshals brought it up (again, unseen)? Could be! Except.
Why would these jerks even namedrop him at all? Why not just say they’d tell on Hal to the guardsmen in general? Why, unless Filoneus Halovar has been putting Azune Nayar’s name in the Creed’s ears? Again, including the promotion to captain he got this same day.
Azune has had a grand total of 1.5 conversations with this man. The full conversation was some lighthearted (Light-hearted) chatter to distract from hunting Hal outside his house. The half-conversation was a few seconds’ worth of guard talk per the assassination attempt at the gala. That’s it. The sum total of their interaction, period.
And yet, Filoneus is actively chiming in to land Azune on the major Palazzo Davinos case. He’s zeroing on him like an Azune ‘GOOD MAN!’ Nayar-seeking missile at the gala. He is dishing his name around the Creed and likely the Villa Aurora as his guy in the Arcane Marshals. And now his guy is Captain as of this exact morning! A very normal thing for someone definitely not keeping close tabs on a specific guardsman to know! If you need anything at the Hallowed Round, go to him, guys!
Sure, it’s great foundation for future mole work on Azune’s part. But also, it took working in close proximity, multiple Oscar performances, psychological tripwires, and a mountain of tangible results of his own labor to win Harondus Einfasen over, likewise for the impressive display for Otto Einfasen and his people, to the point that he’s being eyed as a possible lost Einfasen himself. It took a lot to land that sweet spot with House Einfasen!
With Filoneus, Azune has exchanged maybe two paragraphs’ worth of words with the man, and yet the lord knight is mentally slapping a BFF of the Creed <3 bracelet on him. Even if it gets chalked up to enthusiasm over having any devout soul planted within the Arcane Marshals, this goes beyond enthusiastic and veers into truly wild levels of assumption regarding how close Azune and the Creed’s motives are. Hell, Filoneus hasn’t even gotten anything from Azune yet in the way the Einfasens have received a treasure trove of results within a week. So where is this tidal wave of ‘Good man! I like his style! He should get special attention from the Lords Advisory and also namedropped to the Candescent clergy about that! :)’ energy coming from?
Is Filoneus just that trusting? Is Azune just that great at being villain catnip? Does Filoneus have a thing for strapping young redheads? Where’s this shit coming from, Fil??
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