There are no more lies    
Left anywhere now for me to tell myself  
That I have not already told myself,    
And overtold, until today I seem    
To taste them as I might the poisoned fruit    
That Patrise had of Mador, and so died. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Lancelot

Your ability to engage in covert and underhanded actions - to spread or understand rumors, find and exploit secrets, and deal with the criminal underground.

Knights, ladies and the clergy are all expected to avoid these kinds of activities and thus this skill. Nevertheless…