Duvors

"None honestly, you have no real reason to trust us. But I will say this, despite everything else about me, I am a man of my word. If you surrender I promise we won't take advantage of it to betray you." Throlar said diplomatically.

"No, no there is not. I'd give you the opportunity to surrender, but we both know that would be a waste of time."Throlar drinks his potion and his soma, again, because The Voice in the Sky didn't let him do it before.

I am starting to become the Sean Bean of Eurobricks mafia, thanks for having me Dragonlord!

(Throlar retrieved his had axe after the last time he used it, so it should still be in his inventory, also he should be at 31 health and blessed due to the soma and potion he took earlier, I believe I mentioned that before.) Throlar simply stood aghast at what he saw before him, he seemed in shock. This, to him, simply could not be. After a few seconds his features hardened, becoming as cold and expressionless as stone. "Very well." said Throlar, "You two, I know I don't have any authority to ask this, but I would take it as a favor if you do not touch those two or their equipment until I return. Do what you want to Jarret. In fact, turn him into paste."Throlar uses his Feather of Flight.

Arrgh! I missed voting again, darn it!

"That might be a problem."

That seems reasonable. I will take the clock difference at face value, however I can not do so for your 'deliberation'. The only thing you did yesterday was vote for someone for a reason that was utterly ridiculous even by day one standards and then unvoted them as soon as you were challenged about it. I did not see any 'deliberation'.

"Maybe now isn't a good time to say this but I don't really have much experience in tracking things down."

That last part sound a bit like fishing dear.

"No Amber, I don't have anything to say to you, talking to you is like talking to a broken vibrataphone, you just say the same thing over and over again and don't listen to what's said to you." Throlar surreptitiously readied his Feather of Flight, ready to pursue Amber as soon as she fled.

I simply ran out of time, sorry dears. Though if I had voted for anyone it would've been for Rath Skarbin, he cast a vote for someone no one else voted for with no initial justification, and when he did give a reason it was a very flimsy one.

Throlar failed to answer, merely continuing to stare at Amber.

lt is a rather common role dear.Berdam Blost, yesterday you said that you suspected there was someone manipulating the voting from behind the scenes, do you care to elaborate any further?

"I've seen undead that appear to think perfectly well without brains, I don't think decomposition has any real bering on the matter." Throlar sighed and looked at the ground, seeming to collapse inwards and downwards. "No, no they don't. Nor do they pick fights with people they've just met, see this sword?" he said, holding up his Elven Longsword, "I killed is former owner in a pointless brawl that I started. Nor do heroes don't kill people they would want as friends, and yet Orokai is dead. Heroes don't fail to save the day, but I failed to stop my own companions," he glared at Althior, "from destroying the Tower of Babel because of my own hubris and pride and my stupid temper. Heroes don't let people die on their watch, but I have. And every one of these things haunts me constantly and I hate myself for them. I am not a hero, I am no champion, no savior. I have tried to be, but like everything else I have tried I have failed, utterly. In the end I'm just someone playing a silly game of make-belive with himself. You want character flaws? Well look at Me! Arrogance, pride, prejudice, hubris, self-absorbsion, maybe even a slight dose of vanity. A complete inability to control my own temper? Check. No tolerance for any point of view that in any way conflicts with my own? Check. Constantly wallowing in self-pity and self-depeciation while refusing to actually do anything to change any of the faults that cause me to feel like that? Check. In short, I know every single one of my flaws better than you ever will. So don't try to break me with words. That just makes me angry, and I am not a nice person when I'm angry. Got that?" he didn't look angry, just sad, very very sad. "Okay, fine, so you won't take over. That doesn't really change anything Amber, people are still people even when they're dead. If everyone in the world was a human do you think they would untie peacefully in their common humanity? Actually maybe you do. That's the problem with you Amber. You're an optimistic idealist. You think that a perfect society can be achieved by rendering all people equal and the same. I think I read about something like that once. What was it? Community-isim? Well maybe it'll work. Who knows? But I don't think it will, nor do I think what you're doing, or trying to do anyway, is really right." he still seemed depressed by what he had said. "Fine, ignore me then, If you're going to be a fool don't let me stop you." Throlar looked up at Amber. He suddenly had a look of blank calm sitting on his face like a mask. In words that sounded carefully measured in a way that hinted at fury to great for it to be properly expressed he said;"Put her down please."

"Double meanings, brilliant."

"Is that a compliment or a sarcastic way of saying that I shout a lot? Actually, don't answer that."

Do you have any more definite suspicions? If you suspect someone of something you should come out with it. Why are you voting for Felix? Voting for someone and not giving a reason is rather suspicious you know.

Throlar bowed dramatically. "Oh please, Sillvia chose to fight us, it's not like we stabbed her in the back with a poisoned dagger while she was sleeping or anything like that, I admit that having her here as a mindless undead isn't exactly nice, but Sorrow doesn't really have any control over who he raises, it's completely random. And you're a fine one to talk anyway, what about you possessing the countess? Or going farther back, how about the paladins you raised as mindless undead? Admittedly most of them were probably racist bastards in life, but I doubt they deserved mindless slavery. Or these other ghouls here?" he pointed at the rotting undead, "These were yours a while ago, and they were just as empty then as they are now! These were people Amber, and you or Sillvia just turned them into this... this parody of life, no, sorry, this parody of undeath. If you're going to try to guilt trip us at least have the decency to not be a hypocrite about it!" "Let me get this straight, you are planning to use a spell that has the potential to backfire explosively to turn one of the most chaotic, disorganized, badly run, corrupt, and economically powerful cities in the entire world, a city that is, I may add, currently led by six houses and a crime ring who are all fighting each other like cats and dogs over utterly pointless feuds, is at the center of all trade on the Crystalline Sea, is the center of operations for the paladin order, and has over a fifth of it's population walled off from the rest of the city, into a necropolis? And you also believe that this will not only somehow solve all of the city's problems, but that (presumably) you will become the leader of this new necropolis and that everything will end with that?""Ehehehe. Eheheheeheeheeheehahahahaha-" He took a deep breath, seeming to calm for a second, before flinging his head back and shouting at the top of his voice; "AMBER MAKEPEACE IS AN IMBECILE!" He took another shuddering breath, before lowering his head again. "Look, even if you manage to pull off the whole 'turn the city into a necropolis' thing how do you think everyone will react to it? You said yourself that there's a chance of some of them going insane, and the one who don't aren't likely to take too kindly to being turned into undead, the aforementioned paladin order especially. And what on earth makes you think that poverty or racism will just vanish? To paraphrase my good enemy Eric 'an undead orc is still an orc'. Undeath isn't some great unifying factor. And what about everyone else? How do you think the other nations of the world will react? Do you think they'll look at Eubric and say 'oh look, everybody there has been turned into undead by some crazy necromancer, cool! Let's act as if nothing has really changed at all and treat them as people and equals!' because they won't you know. Nor will they see you as some friendly advocate for undead equality. They'll see another necromancer with dreams of of world conquest, and to be honest, I've met you in person and I wouldn't be surprised if you were planning to take over the world. They will see the center of trade of half the world attacked, to the nations of the Crystalline Sea, no, the entire world, this will be no less than an act of war. Think of it, every kingdom and empire and principality and dukedom in Olegaia, coming for you. There is no way in hell you could stand against them. And once they're finished with you they'll suddenly realize that Eubric is now pretty much up for grabs and start fighting each other for it. After all, who wouldn't want Eubric? It's so placed that anyone who holds it pretty much controls all trade in the Crystaline Sea. And once all that's over, what will be the net result? Undead will be even more despised than they are now, the Free Islands will be a wartorn wreck, and no matter who comes out on top the balance of power will be irrevocably shattered." "By the by, whose head is that on the table?"

Pirates are criminals who wantonly murder and pillage for gold and alcohol, they deserve no more open mindedness then these assassins amongst us. In fact, I find it odd that you are advocating open mindedness for such individuals, suspicious in fact.

Okay, I finally got it to work by taking it directly from flickr. Thanks for the help everybody!

The same people who make ours, the pirates simply steal them from us.

Sorry for not speaking out earlier dears, I was indisposed. Still, I'm here now.

Yeah, no. I use a Mac and don't use an iphone, sorry.

Can somebody help me? I can't seem to get my character photo to work in my signature of my avatar for some reason.

Seconded, that thing looks awesome!