Tarcomir's two seconds
In Days of Shattered Faith, Tarcomir's two seconds are the two unnamed members of the Loruthi embassy who serve as seconds and witnesses at the duel in which Tarcomir is killed. They appear only in chapter 2, where their function is strictly ceremonial and practical: to stand beside their employer during the contest and, once the bout concludes, to recover his body. Beyond those two actions, the book grants them no name, no voice, no interiority, and no further appearance.
Their significance to the series is negligible but structurally precise. They establish, in a single scene, that Tarcomir's death is witnessed and recorded by a foreign diplomatic mission rather than dissolving into rumour; their presence converts a private killing into a witnessed event with a Loruthi chain of custody. They are the last figures to touch Tarcomir alive and the first to move his body, closing his arc in the book's opening chapter. No other appearance, reference, or implication of either individual occurs anywhere else in the text.
The Group
Composition
The group consists of exactly two individuals, both unnamed and undifferentiated in the text. They are identified only by their function as seconds and by their affiliation with the Loruthi embassy. The book records no names, no titles, no physical description, and no distinction of rank or role between the two: they act as a single unit, witnessing together and removing the body together - ch 2.
Purpose & Method
Their purpose is confined to the mechanics of a formal duel: to attend upon Tarcomir as his seconds, to witness the contest, and to recover his body after the bout ends. They speak no lines, issue no orders, and perform no action beyond standing in attendance and later removing the corpse. No deliberation, consultation, or independent decision-making is attributed to either figure - ch 2.
Standing
They act under the authority of the Loruthi embassy, which they represent at the duel as witnesses and custodians of their employer's remains. The text does not specify their position within the embassy's hierarchy, whether they answer to a named superior, or whether their attendance was ordered or self-assigned. They are permitted only to observe and to remove the body; no intervention in the duel itself is recorded or implied - ch 2.
History
Days of Shattered Faith
In Days of Shattered Faith, the two seconds are unnamed members of the Loruthi embassy who attend upon Tarcomir during his duel. They are present at the event as witnesses and, once the contest concludes, recover their employer's body - ch 2. Beyond these two functions - observing the duel and removing the dead man - the notes record no further action, dialogue, or identification for either figure. They remain entirely without name or personal detail throughout the book, and their role is catalogued as minor. No information in the available notes addresses their individual identities, their standing within the embassy hierarchy, or what becomes of them after the retrieval.
Relationships
- Tarcomir - They serve as his seconds at the duel, standing in attendance until his death and then recovering his body. Their relationship to him is entirely one of duty within a formal contest; no personal bond, familiarity, or emotion is attributed to either figure - ch 2.
- Loruthi - They are members of the Loruthi embassy, acting in its name as witnesses to the duel and as the party responsible for returning Tarcomir's remains to Loruthi custody. No further embassy context, colleague, or superior is named in connection with them - ch 2.
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- embassy-staff · #duel-witnesses · #loruthi