[RPG] [SL]A meeting with the Royal Court....

[Eiyrn]

kathleen stalnaker wrote:
> <i>Hoshi looked about at those gathered once again...</i>"We should 
> see to it Mirglonn has the food it needs and provide what scoutings we 
> can...we cannot commit troops to her cause but we can show our support 
> in other ways.
>
> As we speak Zonasa is moving to Ahael to help defend against any 
> northern aggression...I actually expect the aggression to come from GA 
> not Lasanar...but time will tell.
>
> And while we are all gathered here there are other matters that need 
> discussing...
>
> First let us start with military business...Morthwyl...we may be 
> called upon to aid SoC and Soliferium in the near future...should that 
> happen I hope you will put aside your dislike for both of those realms 
> rulers and work with their generals...I know that many of you wish to 
> storm into SoC and retake Palnasos by force...but there are other 
> options...and we may well have it back before we know it...with out 
> turning SoC into an enemy to do so."
>
> <i>Hoshi smiled again...it was not a warm smile...but it was not a 
> malicous smile wither...it was a weary smile...</i>
>
> "On to some realm business...I know that the reintroduction of William 
> Draconis has caused a lot of unrest...a lot of bitterness...and a lot 
> of fighting...and I know that there are those among us who wish me to 
> ban him once again and be done with him...My husband feels his 
> presence here weakens his position in the realm and makes him look the 
> cuckhold...something I disagree with entirely...for I do not nag Einar 
> nor expect him to behave only in the manner I wish him to behave...and 
> I guess in my book a cukhold is a henpecked man...and Einar is not 
> henpecked...
>
> I know that Morthwyl and Ariana have both exchanged angry words with 
> William...and that William has provoked some of the angry response he 
> has gotten...he has indeed killed some scribes...but I would like to 
> remind you that I have killed more than just scribes as was dictated 
> by my membership in the Greencloaks...and killed these people for 
> nothing more sometimes than the experience it gave me or the coin it 
> brought to the guildhouse...so I am not hurrying to pass judgement 
> over a few dead messengers...
>
> It is not my intention to embarrass you Einar or make you less than 
> you are...You are great man...and strong warrior...you are honorable 
> and you are my husband...I love you very much.
>
> William offered his services to the realm...his skill with a bow and 
> arrow...and a blade...as well has troops to help us in a time when 
> things were not going well for us...and now he pledges his service to 
> this realm...he offers a voice and an opinion that are not the same as 
> everyone elses...and yes he is headstrong...and beligerant and 
> completely without tact...but he is a man who fights for honor...
>
> So I find myself being told I must choose to loose a warrior for 
> Svunnetland...a man who will take an active and vocal role in the 
> realm...when the only people who are active and vocal in this realm 
> are the 5 of us in this council for the most part...Or I must choose 
> to loose my husband because I let William back into the realm...
>
> I do not see this world so neatly laid out...with choices being so 
> single sided...with and either this or that choice...my dealings with 
> the world have taught me that we cannot govern our lives with 
> ultimatums...
>
> Yes I am dragging my heals on this issue...because I find myself 
> caught in the crosshairs...and I think that my decision has the 
> potential to be quite destructive to Svunnetland...no matter what the 
> decision is...
>
> I am aware this is no answer to the quandry before us...and I realize 
> you want an answer...I am sorry...it is not my intention to make this 
> a difficult path for any of us to travel."
>
> "Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?
>
> from /Sabriel /by Garth Nix
>
>  
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