The Patriarch looks at the High Hierophant, it is not surprise on his face, but disappointment, then he rasps; "A little more Faith most Holy High Hierophant, in me. There is a reason you support me and my father.
I would not see you descend to the disease of mindreading that seems to plague this gathering. I, have not been asked to choose a side, nor have I any inclination to. The only one here, who seems adamant in so doing, is the Archduke.
"Do you not presume to read my mind, Noble Patriarch? Do I seem to lack faith?" She says quietly.
"Perhaps there is a reason, perhaps there is not. But by the exercise of your reason, you have come to a judgement, one which is correct in boths its assumptions and outcomes, but a judgement nonetheless," She ever so slightly nods. "If this is what is done my 'mindreading' then so be it, but any who do this are also engaging in an act of the Lady of Reason, under the auspices of the All-Father," she says quietly, for Medlorhie is not an overly assuming person.
"For this, I do not think they should deserve to be chastised," she says.
Do you believe it is for my own amusement, that I take up the mantle of battered Reason? - I am a Paladin, and as you correctly declare, this is not something any man can call himself. More!
I am a Paladin of Avanalae, goddess of Reason and Philosophy, and my questions serve only to further Mans understanding, and, as my wicked, wicked goal is the eventual prosperity of All of Anuire."
Rashid turns, looking each noble in the eye; "Once we see, that we can work together, sovereign realms, instead of instigating a new period of hostility and abuse of power, to grasp what remains of an ancient empire, only then!
Will we be able, to truly become that Empire once more. Only when liege do not harry vassal, but realm accords realm due validation and rights, will we have a foundation that will last centuries.
"Yet, inherent in this, is the need to subordinate individual desire to some other ideal -- in this case -- an empire and that this entails. But many men are unable to subordinate themselves to the laws of their own homes, or to the desires of their family. If these arguably simple and natural things do not always occurs, why should it be so natural for them to subordinate to the ideal of an empire? Are you, My Noble Patriarch?"
See the realm created by Lord Raenech! - It is shattered, in pieces, with the ending of the life of one man.
"The Kingdom of Ghoere, twice was largely undone by deception, war and an unwillingness to adhere to the covenents men enter into with one another. It is nothing new and not uncommon in Anuire. In fact, even recent history is full of numerous events," she says.
So when I ask the Archduke, whether he believes bloodline or lineage carries the right to title, then it is to but remind him, that he himself carries a burden heavier than most. Yet he does not carry it evenly, but uses it, to burden those that could be his staunchest of allies.
"But are we not again, now attempt to read minds? The nature of reason is that no man owns it in exclusivity, and that as facts are undone, new facts discovered, or even new assumptions made, so to must the judgement." She says.
"Though I wholly agree with you, the Archduke of Osoerde, more so than any other, bears a unique burden; a burden too few are willing to offer aid to carry and many more are willing to take advantage of. Caution is prudent and testing most warranted," she says.
"Though I by no means claim and understanding of the matters of Nobility, my realm is but the Lady's adhering to the auspices of the All-Father, and I cannot bear to see the action of reason defamed."
