Orbyn Truthfinder

Orbyn 'Truthfinder' was Section Commander of the Patriotists and the most feared man in Drene. He was a huge, fat man, with a fleshy face, small eyes, thin lips and brows, a wattle, and heavy and slack jowls, with muscle softened by years of inactivity.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.455/457 His small eyes stared from between folds of fat.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.63/67 He seemed to sweat incessantly no matter the temperature and exuded an acrid smell He disliked the feel of soft earth beneath him, feeling uneasy about its ability to carry his weight.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.454
Overseer Brohl Handar thought him "the most despicable, malicious creature he had ever met."Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.63
==In Reaper's Gale==
Brohl Handar was sitting in his carriage outside the High Market of Drene when there was a scratch at the door and Orbyn Truthfinder invited himself inside for a clandestine meeting. Truthfinder informed the Overseer that his spies had discovered Fear Sengar's party travelling east toward the Bluerose Mountains. Among them was a man he identified as a white-skinned Tiste Edur known as the White Crow that particularly interested him. The Patriotist wanted to know if his organisation could assist in capturing them, but Handar dismissed the aid as unnecessary. Before they could continue, alarm bells at the Drene Garrison summoned Truthfinder's attention.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.60-64 Handar ordered his carriage to follow and he found Orbyn with Atri-Preda Bivatt, who was overseeing the aftermath of a massacre of Letherii soldiers. Orbyn immediately recognised the work of Redmask, a legendary warrior of the Awl.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 2, US HC p.67-68
When Rautos Hivanar of the Liberty Consign of Merchants sent his aide Venitt Sathad to investigate Drene's Factor, Letur Anict, he advised him to seek out Truthfinder as a reliable ally.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 5, US HC p.119
While the Awl Campaign was underway, Orbyn joined Factor Letur Anict and a company of soldiers and mages to investigate the pass in the Bluerose Mountains where Fear Sengar's party had been spotted and where one of the Factor's illicit weapons shipments had gone missing. The Factor sought to capture Fear and Udinaas to earn a reward from Emperor Rhulad. He speculated that Fear had gone to ground with the rebel Tiste Andii of the Onyx Order and convinced Orbyn to lead his warriors to their secret monastery at Andara.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.454-460 Once there, they massacred all of the monastery's residents. Orbyn himself used his dagger to dispatch the wounded. When one of his mages reported the troubling evidence of a cooperation between the normally warring Edur and the Andii, Orbyn commanded the knowledge be kept secret.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 16, US HC p.458-460
By the time he and the Factor returned to Drene, the city had devolved into rioting and chaos as Tehol Beddict and Bugg's conspiracy to bring down the Letherii economy left Drene's citizens low on coin, overburdened in debt, and unable to purchase food and other goods. The soldiers of the understaffed Drene garrison met the unrest with violence and the mob's attempt to sack the Factor's home was repelled by his personal guard.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.572-573/576 
Venitt Sathad summoned Orbyn to a meeting where it became clear the Patriotist's life was on the line. Sathad made clear that the Patriotists' usefulness to the Consign was over and they were to sacrifice their lives for the good of the Empire as a focus of the people's rage. In an attempt to promote his own continued usefulness, Orbyn admitted he recognised Sathad as the Liberty Consign's secret master assassin and revealed that he had long studied and admired Sathad's secret career.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 19, US HC p.575-577 To save his own skin, Orbyn betrayed the Factor by ordering his agents to dispatch Anict's home guards so Sathad could assassinate him.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.708-709
==Notes and references==
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