{"id":707,"date":"2021-11-25T09:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/?p=707"},"modified":"2022-07-30T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:25:36","slug":"bureaucrats-of-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/books\/bureaucrats-of-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Bureaucrats of the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><p>\u201cI saw one of their \u2018registrars\u2019 down the hill,\u201d he said at last. \u201cA few people came out and approached him. They looked really scared. But they weren\u2019t killed, and they weren\u2019t taken.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWhat happened to them?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThe registrar wrote some information in a ledger,\u201d he explained. \u201cThen he gave them some kind of yellow pin to wear and sent them on their way.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThen you think the truce is sincere?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI do. Or as sincere as bureaucrats of the Dark can be expected to be, at any rate.\u201d<\/p><cite>From <em><strong>Sanctum of the Archmage: Dawn of Chaos &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book\/the-end-of-the-beginning\/\">The End of the Beginning<\/a><\/strong>, Chapter 20 &#8211; The New Order,<\/em> by Tony Andarian, now available from Andarian Publishing.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><p>The Queen glanced at Lindas. \u201cThe Horde will send a second wave,\u201d she continued. \u201cEventually. That won\u2019t be battle demons and dragons, though. It\u2019ll be Hellman clerks and thugs. To establish and enforce a bureaucracy.\u201d She sighed. \u201cThat\u2019s the ancient pattern of conquest by the Dark.\u201d<\/p><cite>From <em><strong>Sanctum of the Archmage: Dawn of Chaos &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book\/aftermath\/\">Aftermath<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book\/aftermath\/\">,<\/a> Chapter 4 &#8211; The Muster of the Elves<\/em>, by Tony Andarian, soon to be published by Andarian Publishing.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI saw one of their \u2018registrars\u2019 down the hill,\u201d he said at last. \u201cA few people came out and approached him. They looked really scared. 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