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Duke Harold of [[Pseudopolis]] was a client of the [[Assassins' Guild]]. He did not die easily. His bespoke personal Assassin had to resort to a cudgel, a length of chain, pistol crossbow, dagger, poison, and ultimately to attaching the man to an anchor, chopping a hole in a frozen river's ice, and pushing him in. The Duke did die, but three months later, of a chill he caught from the frigid dunking. | Duke Harold of [[Pseudopolis]] was a client of the [[Assassins' Guild]]. He did not die easily. His bespoke personal Assassin had to resort to a cudgel, a length of chain, pistol crossbow, dagger, poison, and ultimately to attaching the man to an anchor, chopping a hole in a frozen river's ice, and pushing him in. The Duke did die, but three months later, of a chill he caught from the frigid dunking. | ||
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Shades of {{wp|Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin}}, whose assassination was nearly as messy and difficult. | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:51, 26 March 2017
Duke Harold of Pseudopolis was a client of the Assassins' Guild. He did not die easily. His bespoke personal Assassin had to resort to a cudgel, a length of chain, pistol crossbow, dagger, poison, and ultimately to attaching the man to an anchor, chopping a hole in a frozen river's ice, and pushing him in. The Duke did die, but three months later, of a chill he caught from the frigid dunking.
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Shades of Rasputin, whose assassination was nearly as messy and difficult.