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Post by Kurts on Mar 3, 2016 21:14:33 GMT -5
Where King Killion Greyjoy addresses the masses of his capitol.
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Post by Kurts on Mar 3, 2016 21:15:01 GMT -5
King Killion Greyjoy calls the lords, captains, soldiers, merchants, and civilians of Tyrosh to the palace for a public announcement, taking his place upon the balcony to address the crowd, displaying an uncharacteristically stern countenance.
“An attempt was made on my life today.” he began, voice carrying out to the crowd, the monarch pausing to allow the translators dispersed to pass on his words and for the shocked murmurs to die down. “But that attempt at regicide pales in comparison to the sabotage attempted against this fine city and its people, an act of terrorism that would have left thousands dead and all of us vulnerable to any foe that wished us ill.”
“This diabolical plot was planned by Faeron Targaryen and Amelia Royce, working in treasonous collusion to cripple our military defense by sinking our ships at anchor and murder our civilians with callous disregard by poisoning our wells. Thankfully, it was twarted before it could be carried out.” he paused again, until the murmurs died down. “But for what reasons did these two, a man from the east and a noblewoman from the north, have to wish our destruction? What common cause could they have? They both belonged to a parasitic and dangerous group which I have called you all here to talk about this day, one that included Cassadar Bryce Dayne and Oriax as members, one that poses a question that requires a definitive answer, one that demands a final solution!”
“The struggles we and the rest of the world have faced over the last decade have been nurtured by a very specific interested party. It is a small rootless international clique that is turning the kingdoms against each other, that does not want us to have peace. These people are at home both nowhere and everywhere, they do not have anywhere a soil on which they have grown up, but who live in Tyrosh today, King’s Landing tomorrow, Eddard’s Rest the day after that, and then again in Lannisport or Volantis or Oldtown and who feel at home everywhere. They look like you or I, wearing the faces of friends and neighbors, but they lurk in the shadows plotting against those who have taken them in. I speak to you today of magic users!” he spat the term, building to a fervor now. “They are the only ones that can be addressed as international threats, as a worldwide plague! Regular people like you and I are bound to the soil, bound to our Fatherland, bound to the possibilities that the kingdom and empire offer! These magic users have no such ties, no such loyalty, they plot against you and I for their own nefarious ends and would bring an end to all we hold dear!”
“On this day I announce a new path forward for the Iron Empire, a New Way for this new age! No longer will we be reavers, aimlessly seeking our next prize, scrounging off others as our foes in the shadows would wish. Today we are crusaders sailing the world with fire and steel as the Grey King of old, in a holy war against the agents of the Storm God, against the sorcerers and sorceresses that would see us wiped out!”
“This is the face of our enemy!” he declared, raising his hands out to the masses, as two poles were lifted up beside him. One had Faeron’s head impaled upon it and the other Amelia’s. “No longer will these cowards hide from us! We will drag them kicking and screaming from the shadows! We will be afraid of their machinations no longer! Are you with me?”
(Intimidation 71+10 from Sow Only Fear)
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Post by The Forgotten God on Mar 4, 2016 11:58:16 GMT -5
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The crowd seems to approve of the idea of going to war with the poorly understood and extremely dangerous users of magic the world over. After a while a cheer goes up.
Notably less impressed looking is the Queen.
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Post by Kurts on Mar 4, 2016 12:06:17 GMT -5
He retired to their royal chambers after the speech.
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