Hebi: Well, my mother, when she was Queen, was an active member of the Court as well. One day, she took me to one of the official meetings. After it finished, I went to the restroom, but on way back, I heard a couple of the memberson the court, in a private room, claiming that no member can be removed, unless they've died. Afterwards I remember them saying something like "The samurai's ignorance of this fact is instrumental to our future plans". That has to mean something. It could possibly link to Thad's plans for Balko or something worse. They needed your father out of their way for a reason.