Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-31401828-20170506104115/@comment-29661846-20170509213515

As I order the guards to escort Atlawa out as well as allow the gates to be reopened, Beatrix eyed the gold statue with immense curiosity. It was of a Jinko, in a simple skirt and bindings over her chest, holding a spear in one hand and fruits in the other.

"This craftsmanship," Beatrix began, running her hands over the statue, "It's as if this thing was once alive."

She handed it to me and while I lacked the eye for such detail, indeed its surface was immensely detailed, almost uncannily so.

"Perhaps it was once alive." Amber said, eyeing the statue warily, "You don't get to be the most powerful nation in the world without getting your hands dirty. 'A moral democracy has no king,i am but a fellow citizen of my nation not unlike my people,' my lords forgive my forwardness but this man is full of it."

The rest of the court remained silent. Amber and I might not have seen eye to eye on much, but this I partially agreed with her, and it looks like the court felt the same.

"What have our people who were with this man said about him?" I asked

The guard stiffened, "My lord, they speak that this man, Atlawa, truly is very kind. That his kingdom is full of men and many mamonos, and that many flock to it to seek shelter form thier troubles."

"A worldly paradise," Rebecca said almost mockingly, "Sounds like your tales of the Fairy Kingdom, Garzarian, my King.”

I nodded, “You have a point, yet unlike Gazarian this man looked like he knew combat, like he knew what it truly meant to live and work. I doubt they’re as lazy or overly dependent as Gazarian.”

“So, what are your decisions?” Navlaan asked us.

Before we could answer, another guard came bursting in. “My lords, forgive my intrusion, but we’ve heard reports of so called ‘snake cultist’ appearing in towns. In those towns, civilians have begun to turn up missing! What’s more, they reek of dark magic and have attacked us when we’ve gotten close! I beg of you, send out the royal guard so that we may combat this threat!”

Amber slammed her hands on the table, “I knew it, it was a trap! My King, my Queen, we must declare war on the Tropical Union! They send their King unarmed only to sneak in their mages and strike us when we let down our guard! Such dirty tactics must be-”

Queen Beatrix raised her hand to silence Amber. Reaching next to her throne, she grabbed her great hammer. Despite it being as long as her and the double headed hammer being twice the width of her body and three feet in height, she wielded it with ease.

“Amber, fear not, I doubt these men are with the Tropical Union.” She turned to me, “Go take a horse and meet up with Atlawa; let’s see what he has to offer. As for me, I’ll take a few royal guards with me to acquaint these men with the earth.” She knocked on her hammer.

“Very well. Everybody! I expect you all to assist in rescuing the civilians, take any of these cultist in alive if you can.” I say, quickly everyone clears the room. I kiss my wife lovingly, “Be safe.” I say.

She smiles, “Likewise. Don’t worry, I’ll be fine while you’re gone. Just be sure to relay everything to us when you return.”

I nod, and we quickly run down the halls before going our separate ways, her through the front doors and me through a back exit to an awaiting horse. I make my way outside with little difficulty, though I could hear the sounds of combat in the distance, even as I leave my kingdom.

A kind merchant points to Atlawa’s location, and I ride to him. On the way there I decide to not tell him about the snake cultist, this is about information on his kingdom, I need not let him know where dealing with our own troubles, lest Amber’s warning rings true.

(I will pick anthems soon, though why must they be from Civ 5? I understand that it might help with the immersion, yet I found none that I liked from what I sampled. If it's for immersion sake I feel like any orchestra heavy tune will do. Again, if I must choose from Civ 5, I will, but until then, here are my current picks:

Peace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjruB1hsF9o&spfreload=5

War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LKIsWOSHAY