A Tie clan token is a metal badge used as proof of Tie clan identity. Bai clan treats a recovered token as evidence that a captive may be a Tie clansman.
When an investigative Gu Master hands over a metal token taken from a captive, Bai clan leader feels a cold sensation from the object, and the report also notes characteristic Gu worms on that captive. ch. 220
Limits as proof
She weighs a rival reading: the captive might have killed a Tie clan Gu Master and kept the token as loot, or might be a demonic Gu Master misleading them. The captive is Tie Dao Ku, who answers her interrogation by insisting on that Tie clan name and surname. ch. 220
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