Honour and Death
27-06-2005, 19:00
Official message from the Highest Ruler Jualin IV
Greetings, people of the Empire and any others who may be viewing this message.
For many years now, we have realised the threat our normally peaceful little Empire faces from others, including our violent neighbours. Now we have come up with a plan, but it will mean great sacrifices from you all.
What we plan to do is to gather to us the homeless, the orphaned, those on the edges of the Empire and the tribes from beyond the beginning of it who still live in the uninhabited areas. We will greet them with open arms and show them the way to join us and play a part in protecting the Unity of Freedom--we shall train them into a new army, one that is so grateful for the ones who took them in when all others turned them down, that they will possibly even give their lives for us without a second's hesitation.
Yes, it will cost us a lot, and that will make the Empire weaker...but only for the short term. In the long term, our Empire will remain safe for a long time, and so will be sheltered from the outside while it recovers. So there will be sacrifices for all of us, but only for a better life afterwards for a far longer time.
There is another problem though: I am old, nearing the end of my life and my rule. I will have to pass on the purple elder wolfskin robes of Honour and Death to another, and perhaps they will not see what I saw in my plan and abandon it. But I have hope that my plan is good for all to see, especially the intelligent loyal ranks of those who seek to take over after me.
So, my Empire, we must sacrifice a little, to get far more for a far longer time. I hope you will join me, for I am your Highest Ruler, and you all must unite under me...for Freedom!
Greetings, people of the Empire and any others who may be viewing this message.
For many years now, we have realised the threat our normally peaceful little Empire faces from others, including our violent neighbours. Now we have come up with a plan, but it will mean great sacrifices from you all.
What we plan to do is to gather to us the homeless, the orphaned, those on the edges of the Empire and the tribes from beyond the beginning of it who still live in the uninhabited areas. We will greet them with open arms and show them the way to join us and play a part in protecting the Unity of Freedom--we shall train them into a new army, one that is so grateful for the ones who took them in when all others turned them down, that they will possibly even give their lives for us without a second's hesitation.
Yes, it will cost us a lot, and that will make the Empire weaker...but only for the short term. In the long term, our Empire will remain safe for a long time, and so will be sheltered from the outside while it recovers. So there will be sacrifices for all of us, but only for a better life afterwards for a far longer time.
There is another problem though: I am old, nearing the end of my life and my rule. I will have to pass on the purple elder wolfskin robes of Honour and Death to another, and perhaps they will not see what I saw in my plan and abandon it. But I have hope that my plan is good for all to see, especially the intelligent loyal ranks of those who seek to take over after me.
So, my Empire, we must sacrifice a little, to get far more for a far longer time. I hope you will join me, for I am your Highest Ruler, and you all must unite under me...for Freedom!