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[Watch Captain]

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6.19 H Most likely even the [Watch Captain] wouldn’t be high-level and the [Guards] might see some action, but they wouldn’t be equipped or ready to take on dangerous monsters or individuals. They weren’t being paid to be heroes. So usually they did the best job they could, and yes, some cities did have a corruption problem, but others were fine. Not great, not excellent—just fine. If a disaster happened, it happened not because of the local law enforcement, but because it was a disaster.
6.63 P “Maybe just a bit of [Watch Captain]. Good! That shut up those two hotheads.”
6.63 P The other [Guardsman] hesitated, but Wesle had a hand on his shoulder and he was copying the former [Watch Captain] of Celum. The [Guardsman] straightened, looking abashed.
6.67 The [Honorbound Prisoner] stared at the [Watch Captain]. She smiled, slightly. Then she looked past him.
7.11 “I mean, that’s what Moore’s doing, but you have to pay for that and clear it with the Pallass [Watch Captain]. Which I doubt they’ll be happy with. The Halfseekers only get special treatment because they helped save the city. And it takes a lot of mana. Moore can only do it for two people before he gets tired and he has a lot of mana, apparently.”
7.16 L The Drake [Watch Captain] looked resigned as Lyonette offered her a little shepherd’s pie. Lyonette smiled proudly.
Interlude – Senior Guardsman Relc Eresc hadn’t been the best Watch Captain. He was a military [Captain], not a [Watch Captain]. The difference? He hadn’t seen Antinium like people.
9.11 W Zevara’s new influx to the Watch had left the [Watch Captain] stressed out that she was reducing their performance rushing them into the job. If she’d seen Riverfarm, she would have probably been breathing magma.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) Well, getting your own eyes on things mattered. So when they came to a particularly decrepit street, Zevara held up a claw to have them stop. This was [Guardswoman] work, not [Watch Captain] work. A distinction that might not matter to the squad, but it did to Zevara.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) A [Watch Captain] had to be better. She had to not take bribes. She had to do things she didn’t agree with or want, even if they inconvenienced her, because the law demanded the person at the top to be beyond corruption. She’d seen how bad it got if that wasn’t so, and that was why she was so paranoid about this kind of thing.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) Two classes, both Level 30. Both of which seemed to level alternatively each time a disaster happened in Liscor. When she commanded the Watch, the [Watch Captain] levelled. When she was fighting Crelers and stomping them down, the [Guardswoman] gained a level.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) She’d never, ever heard of someone having two classes in the same discipline like this. Not that Zevara talked about her dual-class condition, and the ring meant no one knew her class. She filed her reports with her [Watch Captain] class and level, so it was honest…to a point.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) Because…she’d felt like it was her chance to be someone better than the [Guardswoman] she’d been. Something separate, something you had to live up to. The Watch Captain had to be full of integrity. The [Guardswoman] could be the one who wanted to have a drink in a hellhole pub and let young [Thieves] go. Someday, she hoped, the [Guardswoman] would vanish or become part of the [Watch Captain], and then she’d truly have earned her job. If she did better.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) Of missing something. Of grime. Filthy water flashing by her claws. But was it the [Watch Captain] who felt it or the [Guardswoman]? Both?
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) [Watch Captain] vs [Guardswoman]. Lawbringer vs the woman who had to enforce it on those streets.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) She pointed to the street, frustrated. Running a good Watch was important, but she wasn’t a full commander. She was a [Guardswoman] as well as a [Watch Captain]. Relc nodded.
10.44 Z (Pt. 1) Zevara felt a bad twinge in her stomach when she said it. She met Beilmark’s gaze, and the [Watch Captain] nodded tightly.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) They’d raided the Brothers, so why the [Guardswoman] over [Watch Captain]? Probably because the [Watch Captain] had been an idiot, taking that fight when she knew it was bad. The [Guardswoman] had fought decently well enough, hence the levels.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) They’d raided the Brothers, so why the [Guardswoman] over [Watch Captain]? Probably because the [Watch Captain] had been an idiot, taking that fight when she knew it was bad. The [Guardswoman] had fought decently well enough, hence the levels.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) But it’s the [Watch Captain] who’s very much in trouble now. This was bad. Kidnapped by a gang? There was no hiding she was awake; Zevara had moved a bit, and she knew someone was in the room from the faint sounds of paper, breathing, murmurs from above. The creak of floorboards. Cards? A basement?
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) Bowler hat rumbled. Zevara felt a prickle down her spine. Alright…if she said a name, people would die. She could—if a [Guard] had died or been maimed, that was on Bobble or whomever had set up this disaster. Played both sides against each other. But she felt the [Watch Captain] in her refuse.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) The rest of the Brothers were ready to go, not seeing whatever he had. Zevara moved. The [Watch Captain] didn’t realize she was between the two armed groups until she was shouting.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) He snapped at her, and she almost saluted. He was pressuring her. Some kind of authority Skill? Or just their classes—[Watch Commander] over [Watch Captain]. Her mind said ‘say yes’. But her treacherous mouth said:
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) [Guardswoman]. [Watch Captain]. Her classes were writhing at her, now. Both of them said injustice was being done, that there was something missing. That someone was laughing at them while the wool was being pulled over their eyes.
10.44 Z (Pt. 2) She hated that. But the [Watch Captain] had been put on break! Her claws were tied. She had orders, and the Watch had to have orders. Venim was her superior…