Faith, Faces, & Fingerprints: The Questions and New Names

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Answered Questions from Last Time

• What has become of the Face?
  
• Who abducted him?
  
• Will Brynna, Anders, and Thea be able to find him? (Will they even try?)

New Questions

• Will Anders be able to impersonate the Face successfully?
  
• Will there be another attempt on the Face's life?
  
• Will the Face recover from his injuries?
  
• How will the Council's vote on prayer taxation resolve?
  
• What documents was the Glacindoan Ambassador burning in the fireplace when Anders last visited the Embassy?
  
• Were Thea and Brynna recognized by the Serpent Ring?

New Names

• The Serpent Ring (the most dangerous thugs from the Pit hired to kidnap the Face during the vote)
  
• Breck (the Serpent newbie who Thea "converted" with her faith)
  
• Raff Schneider (Office admid for the building where the Council of 7 meets. Raff tends to hear more than he "should".)
  
• The Millers' Daughter (Recently widowed, Raff's age, she had a recital at which she was introduced to Raff thanks to Anders' maneuvering; they hit it off and may be something of an item now)
  
• Mekhee Fillip (Graffito artist; friend of the group, he helped arrange for a distraction when they needed it)
  
• The Order of Gannet (Thea's monastic order -- and Patriarch Wendell's, too)
  
• Doctor Horatio Alban (The Face's physician, he has finally been brought back together with the Face, who is recovering from major head trauma. Dr. Alban is the one to put Anders on his mission.)
  
• The Council of 7: In addition to The Face, we now have The Crown and The Blood; The Chalice and The Coin; The Left Hand and The Right.

Old Questions, Still Lingering

• Will Brynna & co be able to pull off their caper to subvert the publication of new, anti-Brynna guidelines for graduation at the Black College?
  • The plan seems to involve replacing one of the plates in the printing... How will they pull that off?
• Why have couriers been disappearing?
• Why was Patriarch Wendell (seemingly) taking a bribe from the Glacindo delegation?
• What was the purpose of the gunpowder smuggling operation out of the back of the Glacindoan Embassy?
  • What transpired in the harbor to cause that explosion?
  • Who came out on top-the smugglers or the Gondoliers?
  • Who gained access to the Gondolier watch tables and shared them with the smugglers?
  • What did the head smuggler mean when asking what he should do about "the others", during Anders’ ruse?
• Who had the Face kidnapped?
• Why was he abducted?
• Who wrote to the Face to warn him of an attempt on his life?