During the Alethi party in the beginning of both books Szeth notes how the Alethi elite are at first hesitant to hear the Parshendi music but soon after hearing it lose all sense of propriety and decorum and begin dancing and partying with abandon and Jasnah seems to be absorbed in the music when she decides to halt the assassination of Elhokar's wife and play it safe for a while. One has to wonder if the music was influencing the emotions of those in attendance and if the Parshendi musicians were there to render the Alethi more docile in order for Szeth to have more success in his assassination of the King