| abstract | - Turban Orr was a powerful member of the Council in Darujhistan and Lady Simtal's lover. He was the uncle of Hanut Orr and Lady Sedara Orr and was the husband of a young woman, Lady Orr. He was described as an ambitious man short of patience who was always fretting and pacing. Orr was usually well-dressed in jeweled cloaks, polished boots and gloves. Said to be the best duelist in Darujhistan, he carried a silver pommeled duelling sword. Orr had thin lips, and his forearm was heavily scarred. He had at least one large carriage which was adorned with the crest of his house on the side panel. When Crokus Younghand saw the carriage, it was driven heedless of other road users with the horses seeming to share their owner's contempt for those he supposedly served. Orr's estate had four large private guards posted to either side of the outer gate which faced onto the street. The wall to both sides was fifteen foot high and topped with rusty iron cuttings which were set in sun-baked clay. At ten foot intervals, pumice torches lined the wall. Crokus estimated the wall to be about four foot in breadth at the base with the rough cut stones being a standard square foot each. Going round the corner to the left of the gate, a single, unguarded, service door, made from tarred oak banded in bronze was set near the corner on that side facing a narrow, shady alley. Following this alley, the next street was Traitor's Track with High Gallows Hill off to the left.
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