Oh, I hadn't even thought of that.

...But it is good thinking, so who's to say it wasn't among my many motivations?

I bet Tuttle and d'Bear never have to deal with this shit.

Eh, you'd be surprised.

The Church of Asmodeus will show a solid front, while you act with all prudence going forward, and at some point in the future we will resume this conversation somewhere private.

Sidebar, did you know that there's a priest of Asmodeus out there running a Worldwound fort who vents his pique and exercises discipline through the peculiar medium of friendly chess? Instead of, uh, searing knees and elbows.

He had several good arguments for the practice, I can get into them?

No need for that at all, dear boy, you've already convinced me.

It's the bones of good idea, although of course as chess isn't particularly Reebs's sport we'll have to adapt it to local conditions.

Which sport is particularly yours?

I box.

Meanwhile:

Aside from all the shadows that are actually located and registered, there's something like half a dozen more shadows lurking in dark corners of the room than there are clerics or wizards stepping forward to admit that they're the ones who stashed them there.

A lot of people are kind of angry about that. 

Since the Vault is blocked with that stone shape and we don't strictly need them for anything anymore, I'm thinking that maybe we can just do away with all of the evil clerics and wizards?

Believe me that I understand why you're furious. But remember Korvosa's necromancers and negative-channeling clerics saved our lives last night and quite aside from any questions of owed gratitude, I have every expectation that they'll continue to prove invaluable on an ongoing basis.

(And that's not even to mention that if it came down to a fight, they're the ones with the shadows.)

Speaking of, since no one's claiming them, should we destroy the monsters?

Let me check my thoughts against a wizard.

If any are controlled with the spell command undead, rather than by channeled energy, they're free to defend themselves if attacked. Furthermore, any or all of them might have one or more spawn.

Yeah. 

Does anyone have any brilliant ideas for getting the casters who can command the shadows to come forward?

Our brilliant idea is to promise that if they come forward, we'll murder them. 

Thanks, that's super helpful.

Hsst. Hey, Ileosa, is your rapier enchanted?

A +1 rapier is typically a bad investment and Ileosa isn't at a stage in her career where she can afford to drop 8,000 sails on a +2 or equivalent. 

Sabina fights her duels.

The Queen of Korvosa can't afford a +2 rapier? 

The Queen of Korvosa is responsible with the public purse, peasant.

The rumor come out!

Most rumors are nonsense.

But I wonder how people formed this false impression vis a vis your profligacy?

You're feeling real comfortable flinging aspersions at my royal person.

When you slept under a roof last night, did you let it go to your head?

In this anoxic environment, my only hope for survival is to put on airs.