“This harpy, Aurelius, is the one that they call ‘the Executioner’. He is an unyielding mercenary who will accept any job for the right price. He does not observe our rules of camaraderie, although I have no record—yet—of him slaughtering one of our own. You may be the first, if you venture too closely. There is a price on his head worth an obscene amount of gold. Was that all part of the allure?”