Steve Shell
speaker
3,475 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 3d ago
Steve Shell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It was called the Arbiter.
Because the elders of the family relied upon its evaluation of its pupils' abilities and potential to determine where each would ultimately take his or her place within the family hierarchy and within lock rails.
Its power ultimately lay in conferring power upon them.
The arbiter didn't have the final say.
Not quite.
But it was a near thing.
Three members of Lock Rail Security Detail, nearly indistinguishable men in black suits with black ties, hovered near the room's entrance and the southern wall.
By the western wall was a small bar.
Staffed by two men dressed in locks distinctive silver livery.
At one end of the bar sat a stack of fluffy white towels and a neatly folded set of clothes to be provided to the young master at the end of his lesson.
The other end held a bucket of ice stocked with three bottles of beer.
The amber glass misty with condensation.
A student's desk, crafted from wrought iron and polished wood, had been placed directly across from the Arbour.
A stack of books, including a copy of the Grand Manifest, rested on the floor beside.
At the desk.
Set the family star pupil.
Solomon Law.
The young man was scanning the text of a book closely.
Sweat forming on his brow.
He scribbled a few frantic notes on a pad and then compared them to the text.
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