Duchairn likely still doesn't know much about the Helm Cleaver organization. IE who are members on the organization. Obviously he likely knows who are two of its leadership but generally there's not much he actually do.
On the other hand, their "mission" was to purge the Church of corrupt vicars and other high clergy. Since Duchairn is now dealing with the corruption within the Church, the Helm Cleaver organization's job is unnecessary and both him & they know it.
Of course, if the members of Helm Cleaver remain unknown to the "general public", then there is no need to pardon them.
As for the relatives of Helm Cleaver's "victims", I suspect that they might be more worried about what Duchairn will find out about their activities.
Helm Cleaver's "victims" were the "worst of the lot" when it came to corruption, but their families might not be that clean themselves.
Expert snuggler wrote:If Safehold's laws of war are anything like ours then Helm Cleaver was blackly illegal.
Duchairn is conservative enough to care about law on principle and savvy enough not to want an organization around that is good at assassinating Vicars.
One option is to evacuate all Helm Cleaver assets from Zion now that they're no longer needed (or are they?).
Duchairn strikes me as not the type to keep Helm Cleaver around as a way to eliminate his enemies.
One option is that he could pardon them all, but that is not going to fly with the families and the peers of HC's victims.
