Indeed he and the other guild members seem to feel no great guilt about what they do, in spite of being otherwise moral beings. Yet in spite of their vile practice, Severian hints that they are well-respected as well as feared. Is that a crime for which IĪs if suffering were not enough, there are veiled hints through the early parts of the book that clients never leave the torturer's tower alive - that their torment is always to the death? Yet in one instance, a prospective "client" outlines relatively minor crimes for which she has been committed: It seems that victims are sent to the Torturers either as a form of punishment, or as a means of obtaining information.
However, the reason as to why the society of Urth requires such a horrid guild are only hinted at. The work of the Guild of Torturers, to which the protagonist belongs, is obviously grim and disturbing. I an only two thirds of the way through the first book in this four-volume series, so if the answer to my question is dealt with later, I would be grateful if answerers could specify this, and offer non-spoiler details, please.
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