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"This is the record of a list of captives to be executioned at the twenty-first of Last Seed this year. Among them, among Ulfric's soldiers and horse thieves, is a name both of us know too well.
"Thalendar was scheduled for execution on behest of the lovely Elenwen herself. The reason as recorded is the death of two other Justiciars, cut in halves by battleaxes, as the investigation had it. Lo and behold, Thalendar was found next to the bodies, smeared all over with crimson.
"Of course he denied his fault, said it had been conjured Daedra – Dremora – and of course nobody believed him when he said he'd managed to banish them before they could harm him. Elenwen needed an example – and look where he is now.
"We cannot … if he ever grows angry at us, it's the end of the Blades. He is a Thalmor, and the only reason the two of us are still alive is that he hates his own people more than us."