Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28358106-20170724000238/@comment-28358106-20170728040408

"Oh, but why? Trivialities make up the small wonders of the day.  Or, as in our cases, night, when the small things seem all that much more important."

Her smile doesn't fade. She reaches over and pours herself another glass of wine, her foot on her crossed leg idly turning.

"That is a complicated question. Naturally, I can't give away secrets of state, so you'll have to take my answer at face value.  Most often, diplomacy is the order of the day.  I needn't tell you what an exercise it is to please Dwarves, Elves, Humans, and Mamono simultaneously.  But the real answer to that is a great deal of the reason you are here tonight, Lord De'Sange."

She sips her wine. "The secret to my rule is no secret, really. I find the most talented people I can, and put them to use where they will do the most good.  I would be lying if I said I did it all myself.  I offer them opportunity, reasons to do the very things they are best at.  I simply step out of the way and let them do their job.  And I...intervene, if it means helping them to continue."