[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Scene 88: Heortland Spring

[Loran]

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De : Lev Lafayette lev at mimesisrpg.com
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> "You mistake me and these troops for nothing but a mercenary force?
> We fight for the Empire of the Sky. We will fight alongside the Lunars
> whilst their cause is good; but we will stand aside when their...
> madness afflicts them."
>
> "Beyond Prax? Nothing but barbarians and broo."

[IC]
Azhur wondered for a while if the answer of the yelmalion could have been the kind of answer given by the allies of Gabji when they were asked by the crusaders of Arkat the Knight. “We will fight alongside them whilst their cause is good; but we will stand aside when their madness afflicts them.". No wonder Arkat, Talor and Gerlant decided to destroy them fully… but fighting the folly of a Red Moon being the center of the Creation wasn’t his fight. His duty was more humble even if still formidable.

His answer was quite like a statement on his on current vision of the world:
- “The Red Moon isn’t my target and my concern, nor the Sky, Storm or Darkness… and I doubt there is any issue in a debate on the superiority of what is obviously only a small part of a global Creation… How many fathers died today for such a trivial question? Is the global status changed today? How long this will last? Will the next battle change something more? But while we are spreading good red blood around for such petty concepts, children are suffering from hunger, criminals are running freely and unnatural things are growing into the wilds. On day will come when all people of good sense will stop fighting against each other for the stakes of supposed external powers and will instead fight for the wellness of real, visible and suffering mortals in the very mundane world. This day, the Equality principle will bring its fair share of happiness to everyone and perhaps the oppression of everyone on everyone will stop…”

He continued like the preaching liturgist he had been, and added with passion.   
- “But anyway and more practically, contrary to you, I have a very low opinion on nations existing to invade their neighbors with the declared goal to convert them to their own belief, if necessary by force and if resisted with the abject appeal to call on the forces of Oblivion. Our Fellowship exists to stop such a kingdom, have destroyed on his way such a great church and have battled today against such an wide empire… all along our way, we have suffered cruel losses but we will always unsheathe our weapons each time the forces of oppression will arise to threat our duty to liberate free people from fear and misery. You can deceive yourself by declaring that protecting such an organization is your sacred responsibility, but at the end it will only remain that you helped people who were summoning Evil to achieve evil deeds. Are the powers that you worship so lenient with your acts? If you have a decent belief, I strongly doubt it… Check your own
 consciousness and you will find where your reasoning has a lack because, at the end, there is only one reality: you can’t make good when you help evil! And there is only one moral answer to this: Stop immediately to support evil! Change your way and support the victims instead of the criminals or be damned by your own volition!”

Azhur finished his monologue quite passionately. 
 - “Now please, leave the way and try self-examination if you can. As a human being, you barely kept your honor today… I had hoped that you will be eager to restore it fully by helping the victims of the battle and those who were fighting for the truth outside any doctrinal belief, but perhaps I was mistaking…” 


[OOC]
Azhur is somehow continuing the battle but with words instead of swords this time.
While preaching his own belief, he tries unsconsciously to convince people around to join his mission. Persuading the Yelmalion is the target but he can certainly get a lower result by influencing the listening orlanthi.

Lev, you can decide that Praxelites becomes an ally or an enemy or let the dices decide 

- Convince other 15
Augmented by
- Dedicated to Talor's Fellowship 15/+2 (for community support)
- Protect the Poor 13/+1 (for idealistic belief)
- Witnessed and Endured the Atrocities of the Kingdom of War 13/+1 (for the root anger against war)
- Skeptic 13/+1 (for not believing apparent self and other postures)
- Agnostic 17/+2 (for not falling into religious fanatism against pagans)
- Questing 17/+2 (for the seach for truch and juctice)
- Charitable 17/+2 (for the concern towards the victims of war)
- Honorable 17/+2 (for the rightfulness for the arguments)
- Combative 17/+2 (For the debating passion)
- Doctrine of New Hrestoli Church 17/+2 (for the Equity concept)
- Elected King of New Seshnela 16/+2 (for the social status)
- Red Banner: truce and Negociation 14/+1 (for the eprsuasive magic in the air)

Possible proposed score:
15+ 20 = 15W

Plus any circunstancial modifiers (e.g.: being on the victorious side, having fought the Bat, having liberated orlanthi warriors, being a friend of King Broyan at 13... etc) 

Translation assured by:
- SwordSinger's From Dragon Pass 13

I also spend 1 HP to achieve the best possible result to get maximal support from both orlanthi and yelmalions in the next scenes...

Come on players, let's move and accomplish the quest!!!
Loran