Naive fool. The Burning Blade IS the Shadow Council! There are many cults and organizations under the Council's rule, but all of them are just extensions of their will. I may lead the Burning Blade, but I am still just as much a pawn to the Council as you are to me!$B$BLook at the Searing Blade--most of them think they are becoming the next rising group of powerful warlocks that they will replace the Shadow Council.