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the voice of the Upright Man, though it was never made
clear to the Prince if the speaker was himself the leader of
the thieves. They came to an understanding on the need to
rid the city of the Nighthawks and, in the Bargain, Jimmy
was given into Arutha's service as a squire of the Prince's
court. Jimmy had broken oath with the Mockers and his
career as a thief was over.
the Upright Man sent word of the location of the
Nighthawks. Arutha and a company of trusted soldiers
raided the Nighthawks' headquarters, the basement of the
most expensive brothel in the city. Every assassin was
killed or committed suicide. The priding of the body of
Golden base, a thief and false friend to Jimmy, revealed
that the Nighthawks had indeed infiltrated the Mockers.
Then the dead assassins rose up, again by some dark
power, and only by burning the entire building were they
destroyed.
At the palace, Arutha decided the immediate danger
was over, and life returned to a semblance of normalcy.

the King, the Ambassador from Great Kesh, and other
dignitaries arrived at the pallaCe, and Jimmy caught a
glimpse of Laughing jack in the crowd. Jimmy was
shocked, for he had been certain the false thief had died.
Arutha alerted his most trusted advisers of the danger
and learned strange things were occurring in the north. It
was decided there was a connection between those events
and the assassins. Jimmy arrived with the news that the
palace was honeycombed with secret pasSages and his fear
that he had seen Jack. Arutha decided upon a course of


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Caution, taking care to guard the palace, but determined to
proceed with the wedding.
The wedding became a gathering point for all those who
had been separated since the Riftwar.' in addition to the
royal party, Pug the magician came from Stardock, site of
the Academy of Magicians. He was a onetime resident of
Crydee, home to the King and his family. Kulgan, his old
teacher, attended along with Vandros, Duke of Yabon,
and Kasumi, the former Tsurani commander, now Earl of
Lamut. With King Lyam came Father Tully, another of
Arutha's boyhood teachers, now an adviser to the King.
Just before the wedding, Jimmy discovered that a
window had been tampered with and Laughing Jack was
secreted in a cupola overlooking the hall. Jack overpowered
the boy and bound him. When the wedding