Liberators

The Liberators were a group of human insurgents who sought to free Black Coral from the rule of Anomander Rake and his "demon-spawn" Tiste Andii and eliminate the shroud of darkness over the city.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.78-79 They saw violence as a necessary tactic to return control of the city to human hands.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 10, US TPB p.334Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US TPB p.65-66 The Liberators also suspected the Andii harboured plans of slavery and oppression not just over Black Coral, but for nearby human cities.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.464
==In Toll the Hounds==
The existence of the Liberators and their conspiracy came to the notice of Seerdomin while dining at one of the city's outdoor restaurants. He overheard Bucch and Harak discussing how much the anti-Tiste Andii group hated 'those hoary, black-skinned, dead-eyed demons'; detested and resented their 'lording' it over the city's human population; and how determined they were that the city of Coral become all human again. After the men departed, Seerdomin followed them discretely.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 2, US TPB p.66-67
Rather than reporting the existence of the Liberators and their 'sordid conspiracy' to the Tiste Andii (i.e., either to his friend, Spinnock Durav, or to Anomander Rake), Seerdomin instead decided to make it his personal crusade to find and eliminate all of the Liberators in Black Coral on his own. As a human he felt it his duty to clean up what he saw as a purely human 'mess' so that the Tiste Andii need not be 'burdened'.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 10, US TPB p.330-331
Seerdomin was able to identify and kill all of the Liberators in Black Coral.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 10, US TPB p.331-332Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US TPB p.381-382 The number was quite small--only eleven in the city--but more remained with Gradithan at the Pilgrim camp. Seerdomin chose to rest and save the others for another day.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.466/473 Subsequently, when Seerdomin told Spinnock Durav of what he had done about the problem of the Liberators, Spinnock was horrified, as he knew that Anomander Rake would far rather have dealt with the situation without 'help' from any humans in Black Coral.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 12, US TPB p.388-389
Gradithan and the remaining Liberators eventually abandoned their original mission after succumbing to the cult of the Dying God.
==Known 'Liberators' in Black Coral==
* Bucch
* Gradithan
* Harak
* Hegest
* Monkrat
* Thove
==Notes and references==
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Category:Organisations