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| Author: | Luridel |
| Summary: | Cressidha writes about yet another encounter with the Kirin Tor. She's not mad, she's just disappointed. Well, she might also be mad. |
| Rating: | T for Teen |
Arc: Season 9
Chain: Cressidha's Journal
Today a member of the Kirin Tor, Librarian Normantis, asked me to torture a man for him because the Kirin Tor code of conduct would not allow him to do so himself - but it would, apparently, allow him to pass me an implement made specifically for such a purpose, and then turn his back and listen to the interrogation happening only a few feet away. The man who asked us to capture the prisoner in the first place and sent us to Normantis was named Librarian Donothan.
I did not torture the prisoner, of course, and was able to extract the information by merely threatening him. Colson suggested we might offer to spare his life in exchange for the information we needed, but I did not believe he would believe me if I offered him such a deal.
I thought I might be more easily believed should I pretend to be cruel than to make an offer of genuine kindness. I shall never know how the alternative might have worked out, now, and I certainly hope such a situation never comes up again.
One would think that the Kirin Tor might have had any number of alternatives on hand to get the information they required - scrying on the missing archmage, perhaps, or searching through other means. But no: they turned to torture as their first, and most expedient, means to an end.
Having seen a mage dissolve into arcane energy in front of my eyes, I do understand their urgency. The archmage we rescued must have been truly valued. Even so, I do not believe this justifies torturing a man for information.
I will be writing a formal complaint to Dalaran, of course. I cannot think such behavior would be well-regarded. I must not believe so. It is against their code of conduct to begin with, so surely they must possess some values as an organization. And my word holds weight by now, I should think, for more reasons than just my name.
Dane would have tortured him. He's 'due for a bit of pain,' he said. I was shocked and disappointed to hear this from him, for I believe he meant it in earnest. The Dane I met two years ago, perhaps, but he is a knight, now. I do not know how to feel. 'I want results, that's all,' he said. I have fought beside him countless times, and I believe him to have a good heart. But we are constantly making choices in this world, and I hope he will not choose the wrong ones.
I am glad Colson and Caspis were there with me. Colson did not remain silent, and Caspis, though he kept his opinions to himself, played along with the ruse. I do not know what Azizia would have done, had she been present. A part of me is relieved that she did not see me like that - pretending to be so unfeeling that I would torture a man for information.
Oh, and the mad Aspect of the Blue Dragonflight is channeling massive amounts of power to one location. I feel like he may be trying to reroute Azeroth's ley lines, or something similar, and I cannot imagine for what purpose. It is undoubtedly harmful, and he needs to be stopped before he destroys the world, and all of that.
Colson brought me some of Mordecai's cookies. Light bless that young man and his baking.