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| Cenedil | Oct 7 2008, 07:18 PM |
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Cenedil sat at his seat at the table calmly digesting all that the others had said. Though he had originally hoped to bring all of his major generals; he was not able to due to Hightower’s persistence that the siege should continue. The only one he had decided to bring in the end was Ser Harin Sand who had received his knighthood after the victory at God's Grace. The man was an appropriate choice since it would leave the Men of the Vale and Sunspear a representative each. Once everyone from his alliance was finished speaking Cenedil weighed his words carefully and began, “First of all Lord Hightower, thank you for calling this counsel together. As for the siege at Sunspear, I hold you personally responsible for all deaths that occur there. I pleaded that you would hold the attack until we saw how this council ended and still you persisted. This will make Sunspear resentful of your rule over them and leave me and Sir Harin here a fine mess to clean up. “That being said, I will accept the position as Warden of the South, but I have a request that is extremely important to me. I wish to be returned my seat at Longbow Hall. I can hold the title if you wish, but if you will allow me to return, lordship of Sunspear will go to its captain of the guard, Sir Harin Sand.” Cenedil paused there to hear Sir Harin Sand quietly suck in his breath. None of these plans had been discussed Harin and they would no doubt come as a surprise to the captain of the guard. “That is assuming Sir or Lord Harin has no objection.” The man stiffened his tall, authoritative figure before saying, “No objections my Lord.” “Good, that leads me to another issue with these rules. I don’t like the Maesters having full control of the leaders. They are supposed to be non-partisan, but humans are vulnerable to corruption. I believe that the Warden for the region should select the new Lord; if we are getting rid of the inheritance system. For replacing Wardens, I think the Lords of a region should nominate some men, and the King decides. Finally for king, I think that the Maesters should select the potential Kings and the Wardens decide. All of these are just my opinion of course.” Cenedil paused a moment for the words to sink in before continuing, “I know these words don’t sound delivered in the best way politically, but my city is under attack and my people are dying. This petty war would be over if you didn’t turn you back on me when I asked for aid against the Scourge of the Sand. As for breaking the non-aggression pact, I have but one thing to say. You broke it first. “If it was not for good Lord Black my situation would be much worse. Sir Harin here and Victarion Harroway both repelled attacks from some of your best troops with his forces and they are to be commended. I can’t turn my back to allies when they didn’t turn it to me. I ask simply that you accept Lord Black’s request and try to move toward a more peaceful Westeros. “Finally, there is the situation of Sir Willias Flowers. In his duel with Victarion Harroway he received a bad gash on his back and lost his sword arm. He is currently outside the room with five of my escorts, and though his injuries were terrible at first, he is recovering. If I am granted my seat at Longbow Hall you shall have him back, but if not he will remain with me, and I assure you he will receive the best treatment.” Edited by Cenedil, Oct 8 2008, 04:10 PM.
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| A Call to a Grand Council · Diplomacy | |
5:25 PM Nov 26
