@KhoShh shh don't listen to these people *slowly caressess the khohead* You can be a very good jerk if you want to! Remember Thulemiz? Yeah! Perfect amount of jerkness!

@CycloneAha! I knew the case of gender would be brought up soon, even as just a thought :)

In an era where slavery is prevalent, It'd be funny to see how my char will interact with all these men of power.

As a side note, it seems like i forgot to mention that Layna was from Beluntash in my post. You can assume that the steward has already mentioned it. Just pointing it out.

Right, and Chugo is the slave dealer. With two slaves right beside him...

Yeah, he's probably going to be one of the most sexist. Ironically I'd expect Bastien to be really sexist as well, though maybe his chivalry towards noble ladies will overcome his thoughts of, 'WTF is a woman doing in the throne room?!'

@Cyclone It'll be a healthy mix of sexism and chivalry.

In the same way that he's theoretically not against Chugo if Chugo proves his worth. Which he won't. But slavery is theoretically not something Bastien is against. Just this fucking horse-nomad army and their fucking heathen practices... :/

@Kho Laxion reminds me a little of Gandalf xD Just the way he carries himself.

Ice cold was exactly what I was trying to convey through her actions! 'tis great to see that someone noticed ;)

@Kho I think this little argument has already put literally every character against every other character, which is what I wanted. I'd hate if we all became 'council of friends' and did our best to promote stability and friendship.

Aplogies for not being active. Literally not been home the past two days. I'll read up on all your lovely stuff tomorrow. Try to not destroy the empire in the meantime.

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Try to not destroy the empire in the meantime.

Uh...Flynn, about that...

could you put your char sheet/ nation sheet under the characters tab as well? for future reference ^^@Cyclone

Pah, these other advisors are cutting these peasant horse-fuckers too much slack. They rode their army into the most sacred of sacred passageways, set up tents, even HEAVED A TOLL from the most fair lady Farwynd, and you are letting them off with a nice 'okay, but you're here to advise, so I don't care!'

Filthy heathens the lot of you, for an Andalujan wiseman this Laxion shows a lot of heretical motives. Perhaps an inquisitorial look into his books and such is a nice way to start the investigations of the loyal inquisitor Bastien.

@Buddha

Bastien: *Attempts to walk into Laxion's room*
Laxion:

@Kho I'm sure that Bastien can convince the king ... or rather his uncle... to permit him special inquisitorial privileges.

'Inquisition begins at home, my good Ser de Warrene. It would be most unfortunate were certain defamatory tracts about the glorious exploits of certain individuals to be released into the public eye.'

@Kho I mean, it's gonna be real easy to come up with similar things about Andaluja.

Which one is more believable when it comes to religion -- some guys that don't even agree with the building of a statue of the king, or an order of noble religious, pious knights who swear their life to both God and the Emperor.

@Buddha Gah, with friends like these Dieuporteillians, who the hell needs enemies xPP

But yeah, I'm sure diplo-political needs will ensure that Bastien eases up on poor Laxion, at which point Laxion will nobly step forward and open up his quarters for the inspection of the Inquisition.
'After all, them that have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.'

@Kho Laxion is not the enemy (nor is any other official emissary) to Bastien. However, Bastien would find himself most surprised that these other 'councilors' support the Khargat emissary. If he had come in with naught more than gifts, Bastien could've agreed, even liked the idea of Khargats there (for the sake of future expansion with the help of Khargats) but the fact that they were idiotic enough to camp in Paragon Path kind of threw that out of the window (as in; it's a nice thing to put in the RP and I liked it, but it ruined any chance of Bastien coming to terms with this.)

@Buddha Laxion hasn't actually expressed either approval or disapproval towards the Khargats. When it comes to it, his advice would be along the lines of:

1) Chugu Bey's host must return to the Khan with utmost speed. They should neither remain within Riadan nor camp outside.
2) Chugo Bey must make a formal apology to the king and his advisers for his manner of arrival, and the lack of warning that he would be arriving.
3) The Khan himself should be reprimanded for sending an adviser without seeking the permission of the king, and a formal apology gained from him. Perhaps have him come personally (with no more than ten guards) to deliver his apology.
4) This must all be done so as to establish the authority of the new king and his lack of patience with those who do not take him seriously, and a far more severe stance must be taken if these are refused (i.e. execution of Chugo Bey and all out war with the Khan. Over-reactions are the best way to put the fear of God into other upstart vassals.)

@Kho So Laxion does not disagree with the message, far more than he disagrees with how Bastien said it, in essence. Good to know.