Denth coming out of the blue seems odd. Why is a merc allowed in the Godkings house anyway? I would never have expected Denth inside the palace.
Really? As soon as that rope snatched at Vasher, I was pretty sure Denth was involved. It has long seemed to me that Denth must be working with someone in the Court of Gods, the person/group trying to foment war, and thus it's no surprise that he'd be involved in the coup at the palace. As soon as it was clear that it was not Lifeless guarding Siri but fighters -- mercenaries -- Denth-the-mercenary-captain fits right in. Plus the "reunion of the former allies where one uses their knowledge of the other to lay a trap" is a classic story device.
(Usually it is followed by the "it doesn't matter because there's nothing you can do now that I've captured you, so let me reveal all my plans" device -- hopefully we avoid that here.)
Anyway, I enjoyed this chapter, it was a good mix of action and dialogue, continuing story and new revelation (so it sounds like Vasher was one of the 5 Scholars, as was Denth's sister?). Nightblood is always fun, too. Although what did confuse me is that on one hand you say Nightblood doesn't know what evil is, but on the other if you toss the sword into a room full of people an
evil person will be drawn to wield it against the others (all the others or just the "evil" others?) and then kill themselves, while a
good person will just be nauseated. Which sounds like either there is some new form of magic involved with Nightblood, or there is some understanding of "evil."
I'm also a little confused about the timing of this chapter: have two weeks elapsed since the day when Siri was taken, or was Denth hiding in the God King's palace unknown to Siri and Susebron for some of the time before that day?
MattD