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When Sir Alexander Smythe says he wants to
apprehend the twins because they are foreign agents guilty of
assaults on him and his men, who have evaded prosecution
through base political maneuvering, he's...well, he's
right, actually.
Smythe's methods may seem barbaric by modern standards,
but he lives more than two hundred years before the birth
of the modern concept of human rights as envisioned during
during the Enlightenment. In Smythe's time "justice" is
known by all to commonly involve horrific torture and petty
theft is a hanging offence. He is a soldier and officer
of the law and his "atrocities" are remarkable only by the fact
that he takes no pleasure in them; they are merely the tools of his trade.
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Is he evil, or merely a man of his time? While a fascinating
subject for historical debate, it is irrelevant to the twins,
because they're well aware that he's out to get them.
Smythe, pronounced as rhyming with "writhe," is an excellent
swordsman, educated in military strategy. Described by D'Angelo
as "the Devil's Lieutenant," Smythe is silent and efficient in
his work. While his preoccupation with personal cleanliness is unremarkable
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