Martin Dinari had been one of the lesser Mentats of House Dorcha's predecessor, and thus he had escaped its fate.  But he was still a Mentat, though perhaps a little older than many of the House, and thus when Marquis Dorcha had managed to bring the House together, Martin had been one of its first recruits.  He turned his head towards the doors after the announcement by the Consort, mostly out of old paranoid habit about spies and assassins listening at the door.  Martin was now the House Warmaster, though certainly most conventional conflicts for a House Dorcha's size were unwise, but perhaps in a limited capacity, with his mind for strategy, he could alone even the odds.  And what was more, he knew much of the forms of kanly and possessed a deep understanding of the interlocking politics of the Houses and the Landsraad.<br/><br/><strong>"Formerly of Arrakis...they must have displeased the Emperor in some way as to be replaced.  I would suggest garroting with shigawire, as the Sardukar are known to use it thusly, but I would think the Emperor would take umbrage at someone attempting to impersonate his personal guard."</strong>Unless they were<em>really</em>on the outs with the Emperor, and then he might be willing to overlook the impersonation.<strong>"Why is the delegation here?  What do they want?"</strong>