Acton

James Acton
An acolyte at the Temple. A nasty man
His house
Acton was long gone by the time the old man drowned. He walked quickly up the steps that led away from the south bank. 
Only one more street and he was home and as always, once at the top of the steps he turned to look back at the Temple, far away, but illuminated against the moonlit sky. 
His actions
He walked home after finishing at the temple for the day, by the usual route and he smiled to himself as he passed the canal where he had drowned that old homeless man. (Chapter 11)
Abishag - his slave. Introduced in Chapter 11
How Acton would sort things
If Archbishop Sinclair became a Judge though, that would really mix things up. Bishop Thorman would surely be out, along with all his cronies, and other men would rise. Acton could rise with them. He sensed a kindred spirit in Sinclair, someone who saw ruthlessness as strength and who would mask any and all cruelty behind God’s supposed will. Acton was of the opinion there needed to be more of that sort of thing – ruthless cruelty – until the stubborn, bloody-minded people of Evermarch got the message. The message that men like Sinclair and Acton were in charge now, and things were going to be taken seriously from here on in. No more lip service. No more turning up at the Temple with a turtle under each arm and a smirk on your face. No more turning a blind eye to the drinking and fornicating in Evermarch and the criminal gangs in the lawless areas of the Delta. (Chapter 11)
Acton would like to get rid of Thorman
Acton smiled at these thoughts. A priest, why not? And then when Sinclair saw how dedicated Acton was, then Bishop of Evermarch? That surely was God’s plan for him. And why not help that plan on a little? That shoogly peg that Thorman was on could probably be made a little more shooglier. It wouldn’t be too hard to engineer something. What was it that made Sinclair keep Thorman around after all? Initially it had been because Thorman did what he was told, but Thorman had become a bit more independent recently. Sinclair had been furious about Angster and now there was the army here. There were a lot of opportunities for Thorman to put a food wrong and if Sinclair was a Judge then… Quick to anger, impulsive Sinclair, would have nothing at all holding him back from visiting instant and fatal justice on Thorman. (Chapter 11)
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