The House of Baron Sinclair, vassals of the ducal House of Radensdorf, was a prestigious family with a long history, having served as the duke's knight captains for generations, but the current head had stepped down from the post due to failing health.
He was widely regarded as a stain on his ancestors' good name, and the biggest problem was that he was a homosexual. His rapidly deteriorating health was probably not unrelated.
But of all things, he was caught by the Night Inquisitors, who specialized in hunting homosexuals, and Baron Sinclair ended up saddled with an enormous debt. If he didn't want to be burned at the stake, he had to pay hush money.
"You're joking, right?"
"It's all true."
Before Klaus of Hoenir departed, I had asked him for information on the Sinclair family, and when I first read what he handed over, I doubted my own eyes. But every word of it was true.
