Venitt Sathad

Venitt Sathad was the house steward and principal field agent of Rautos Hivanar.Reaper's Gale, Dramatis Personae His family line had been indebted to the Hivanar family for six generations.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 1, US HC p.35 As Hivanar's agent, he was given vast latitude to complete his tasks in his master's name because of his proven record of efficiency. Hivanar did not bother to demand specifics.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.577
He had a lined face and was unremarkable in features or stature.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.575 He wore slippers when working on the Hivanar estate.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 5, US HC p.35
==In Reaper's Gale==
Rautos Hivanar grew concerned over reports that Letur Anict, the Factor of Drene and a member of the Liberty Consign, had allowed his ambitions to overrule his restraints in the city he ran for the Consign. No longer finding the Factor's communications satisfactory, Hivanar sent his trusted servant Venitt to determine the truth of the matter. Hivanar assigned four house guards and several packhorses to accompany him. He insisted Venitt err on the side of caution, as he did not want to lose him, but also warned the servant not to embarrass him.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 1, US HC p.37Reaper's Gale, Chapter 5, US HC p.119-120 He recommended Venitt seek out Orbyn Truthfinder once he reached Drene, as the Patriotist was a reliable ally.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 5, US HC p.119
On Venitt's journey out of the city, he stopped to inspect a property his master was having renovated by Bugg's Construction. Within an outbuilding the workers discovered a massive device identical to one of the mysterious artifacts Hivanar had unearthed on his own estate. Knowing his master was obsessed with the objects, he made Bugg promise to deliver Hivanar the news.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 6, US HC p.139-141
While crossing the western Bluerose Mountains into Bluerose, he was surprised to discover Factor Anict's personal carriage and a portion of his retinue in the mountain pass. His attempts to learn why the Factor was so far from home were rebuffed by one of the Factor's Drene scouts. He continued on to Drene sure that Anict would soon find his way back to the city.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.457-458
Shortly after the Factor returned to Drene, the city erupted into violent riots driven by Tehol Beddict and Bugg's conspiracy to collapse the Letherii economy. Unable to buy food and suffering from years of oppression by the Factor's soldiers and the Patriotists' thugs, the angry citizenry turned on their tormentors. At the same time, Factor Anict's conspiracy with the Patriotists to promote Bolkando as a foreign enemy to obscure their own misdeeds had led to an actual threat of invasion. This caused Venitt Sathad to conclude that the Patriotists and the Factor had outlived their usefulness to the Liberty Consign. He summoned Orbyn Truthfinder to a breakfast meeting where he made clear that the Patriotists were to sacrifice their lives for the good of the Empire as a focus of the people's rage. Factor Anict would have to remain in place to resolve the city's crisis while the Tiste Edur governor, Brohl Handar, was away on the Awl Campaign.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.572-576
Orbyn attempted to bargain for his own life, revealing his knowledge of Venitt's true identity as the Liberty Consign's master assassin. He had stumbled upon and followed Venitt's career for years as the assassin had secretly killed over a hundred victims of all stations within the Empire and abroad to advance Letherii interests. He even knew that Venitt had discovered Gerun Eberict's murderer and sent him away with a chest full of coins. But Venitt's biggest secret, unknown even to Orbyn, was that he was aware of Tehol and Bugg's economic scheme and fully supported it. As a slave and indebted, he hoped the pair took every one of the "bastards" down.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.576-577
As unrest continued to spread through the city, Venitt moved against the Factor. Orbyn and the Patriotists took care of the Factor's guards while Venitt killed the Factor by driving a dagger into the Factor's left eye, deep into his brain. Then he set out to eliminate the Factor's wife and heirs. In that moment Venitt thought to himself that he no longer acted as an agent of the Liberty Consign, but as an Indebted.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.708-709
==Notes and references==
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