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The Larnak Estate was in a state of disarray.
A recent debilitating theft that had stripped them of their coffers, the death of multiple Knights, and the demise of a Captain lost during one of their ill-advised attack on the Stygian border, had them down on their luck.
The defining factor of this slump was clear; Evian Stygian.
His ability to infiltrate their walls and even the secured structure of their Vault stronghold made him a wild card they had no real means to deal with. The use of Enchanted bounds would require seeing him first and getting the slightest bit close enough to wrap them around him and he was as sneaky as was to be expected of someone with his ability.
Herbert called it cowardice but the Larnak Relatives called it 'smarts'.
