Solabusca on 25/10/2007 at 21:31
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Although Truart's willing and determined to clean up crime in The City, he's willing to work with Karras. After Eavesdropping, he knows full-well what Karras is doing to the people Truart's collected off the streets. He is eager to round up more "street people" for Karras after witnessing the horrible deaths of a Masked Servant and a beggar. He's corrupt. He is hired by Karras to eliminate the Pagans. He has secret rendezvous with a prostitute. He's evil enough that Karras has recorded evidence against him to be able to blackmail him by threatening a scandal. He's evil enough to kill Pagans for money. He views part of the population as less-than-human, not worthy of living, and has no problem destroying those people in ugly ways. He agrees to deliver 20 people to Karras for payment of an undisclosed amount, not to mention all the gadgetry Shoalsgate's been fitted with. He draws the line at "no more" than 20, though.
Don't forget that he's also building up quite the little blackmail folder, using his connections both in the force and in the criminal underworld to increase his power.
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I don't recall him trying to be anything more than the Sheriff, though.
Well, given the tactics that he's using, it appears he's trying to shut down the existing criminal hierarchy and create his own - he hires professional crooks as watchmen, he blackmails, he bribes, he threatens and is basically the 'corrupt police force' stereotype - he's running the biggest gang in town.
.j.
jtr7 on 25/10/2007 at 22:23
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I don't recall him trying to be anything more than the Sheriff, though.
I was referring to canon vs. impression, but I don't have a problem with this speculation. He is working for himself instead of the Baron, and he has delusions of grandeur, but he's most interested in "cleaning up The City", and the money.
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...he's running the biggest gang in town.
Just about, yeah. Indirectly financially backed by the Mechanists. We don't see him going after the Wardens, but more specifically, the Downwinders. We see him as he's just started getting a head of steam and he's cut down pretty quick, so we never know how far he would've gone.
Solabusca on 25/10/2007 at 23:17
Well, he HAS created the Warden Affairs Division, and we know that he's taken out at least one (DeWall, another 'Undermarket Warden', as said by the former Downwinders who now work in the watch).
It also looks as though the good Sheriff is taking bribes from some of the wardens: WA have been avoiding certain wardens, and evidence against these ones vanishes from Evidence Storage (per Hagen).
And the WA notes indicate that Truart is keeping certain things even from the WA, who already have an idea about how corrupt he is, being mostly in on it.
.j.
jtr7 on 26/10/2007 at 00:21
Yeah, he probably wants in on the profits, and doesn't want anybody skimming from under him.
In TDP/Gold, "the Baron's police" took down DeWall, snitched out by Raputo.
In TMA, Truart himself led the bust on Donal's casino, The Overlord's Fancy.
Undermarket and Downwinders. But he's meddling in the Warden's affairs.
Solabusca on 26/10/2007 at 07:22
Quote Posted by jtr7
Yeah, he probably wants in on the profits, and doesn't want anybody skimming from under him.
In TDP/Gold, "the Baron's police" took down DeWall, snitched out by Raputo.
In TMA, Truart himself led the bust on Donal's casino, The Overlord's Fancy.
Undermarket and Downwinders. But he's meddling in the Warden's affairs.
Yep. And apparently vanishing the evidence for the ones that are in his pocket. Only those that refuse to 'pay tribute' get busted, it seems.
.j.
