#[ also absolutely no solas rper has to do anything with the last thing it just makes me laugh ]

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i haven't gotten a chance to think much about dirthamen yet (i do think he was Cognizance but i don't know what that would be a shard of with falon'din also in play but that's another post), but i do know his court (based off of @theharellan's post here) consists of:

fear & deceit - two spirits that occupy the same role for him as heralding his entrances and exits. they did not choose to serve him--their relationship is far more of a "keep your enemies closer" situation. i'm sure the invention of the vallaslin could be credited to anyone, but i could make an argument for fear and deceit being the earliest examples of it being used

loyalty - his actual no kidding favorite and right hand. was with him before the separation between dirthamen and falon'din and actively chose to follow dirthamen

silence - his chosen left hand, the second spirit to join him as dirthamen. always in loyalty's shadow. actively loathes and antagonizes fear & deceit

clandestine - his lovely little social butterfly, somehow always finds the most juicy rumors and secrets

adaptation - clever and perceptive, helped in a lot of dirthamen's more detailed work, research, experiments, and inventions

i don't know who 6 or 7 would be but i do think, at least at one point (or maybe as a running joke), he left a seat at his court open for wisdom/solas if he ever wanted to visit. or defect.