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FORM: crystal
SENDER: Nikos Averesch
RECIPIENT: Riftwatch
NOTES: this is breaking news


Nevarra is suffering. [Very serious.] It has two rulers.

News is, the Van Markhams felt left out, so they've crowned a king of their own. And they went all the way to Hunter Fell to do it, which, as any good Nevarran will tell you, means they're using the weight of history and tradition and ancient old King Caspar Pentaghast's precedence to make their coddled milksop the most legitimate claim.

The Pentaghasts have dismissed the claim as treasonous theater. A good combination of words. If only it wasn't coming from other nobles. Presumably they're dismissing because they want their Aurelia to go to Hunter Fell to get a crown dropped on her head by the Reverend Mother, or whatever Reverend Mother they bring along to do the job.

In the meantime, let us pray for Nevarra. They got rid of one monarch. Now they're saddled with two too many.

Comments

[katabasis]

[oh no what a crazy random happenstance]

[rathercommon]

What's Hunter Fell?

[exsecutus]

[is it]

[katabasis]

[confirmed: a development fully out of left field]

[exsecutus]

A place steeped in tradition. Nevarran has crowned its rulers there since the Glory Age. So of course it means something, because King Caspar once chose to sit his arse there by happenstance.

[rathercommon]

[ Hold up ]

There was a king named Caspar?

[libratus]

And you would rather-- what? That they have no one to lead them at all?

[galvanising]

Why are you being sarcastic about this? It is bad.

[excipio]

Because greedy monarchs and complete anarchy are the only two options, of course.

[ not that he's against anarchy, but for the sake of discussion ]

[gentlecountry]

Well. I didn't votes for 'em.

[Dwarven succession of rulership is so much more sensible than this. Not that he supports that monarchy either.]

[exsecutus]

The Magnificent. He was of Hunter Fell, when it was a small shitty backwater, before it rose to become merely shitty. Overthrew the enfeebled King Ionas, became magnificent, started the Pentaghast dynasty.

[doneisdone]

[a long, drawn-out groan of aggravated malaise]

[gentlecountry]

[The sound of an exact and photographically accurate outline where I told you so would go, were he the kind of person to utter such a phrase.]

[libratus]

While the capital is overrun by the dead and Tevinter has them half surrounded, yes. It seems a poor time to roll the dice.

[rathercommon]

That's a little ironic, isn't it.

[exsecutus]

Why don't you go home and tell them what to do?

[exsecutus]

I find it genuinely tragic that there is a queen and a king vying for the throne of Nevarra.

[exsecutus]

What a surprise.

No one but other fucking nobles did. If you can call propping him up voting.

[exsecutus]

Go on.

[exsecutus]

There are thousands of Caspars.

[gentlecountry]

Now don'ts mistake me, I don'ts gives one watery shit who lords about one nation or another, lets alone one specific place. I'm sure it's all very importants to folks who lives there, but this ain't no deeps roads, and it's no business of mine.




But that is nots how votings works.

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I know that.

Why don't you take that on the road. Tell Nevarra.

[gentlecountry]

What, the whole thing

[c'mon, Averesch, we know you're annoyed but let's keep calm.]

Listen, you wants something to drink?

[libratus]

Even that would be more useful than you standing around being flippant about it.

[exsecutus]

I'm sorry-- [he doesn't sound sorry] --why?