#longtime clients get the name kogane and nothing more

[oliveden]

the blade of marmora have been clients, so to speak, of the bar for several decades now.

it's risky, but the info they get has yet to fail, so kolivan allows it. honestly, it's impressive for a single small group to be so successful.

perhaps the boss' halfbreed status helps. perhaps it's because he truly does not care about what they do with what they buy. someone like him has to be smart. it's impossible for him to hear the news of destroyed vampire bases and not understand what they did.

still, kolivan makes sure only to send lower-ranking blade members. he knows the bar workers are all part of it, watching for every sliver of data they can get, and he doesn't want to risk such crucial blades like antok or ulaz.

(the dedication to information would be something kolivan would want in the blade if the boss was anything close to trustworthy. but as it is, his legendary neutrality is both an asset to the secrecy of their cause and an assurance that it would be a terrible idea to attempt to get him to pick a side.)