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>>5269197

“King Terenas, Lord Uther.” You said to both men and gave them a slight bow. “I am here because Lord Blackmoore invited me to join him.”

“Lord Blackmoore has arrived? Why would he invite you to join him?” King Terenas asked you and put down some of the papers he and Lord Uther had been looking at. He seemed to be quite curious about this.

“Because King Terenas, I attempted to help him to find the escaped orc.” You said to him and continued. “And for Calia, I…”

“Alric had been wandering around the palace for some time and I bumped into him when I was coming from the gardens.” Calia interrupted you and said to his father with a smile. “You can’t imagine how fun of a surprise it was to see him and exchange pleasantries. You know how you have said to me to make friends and here is one I met in Stormwind.”

“I mean yes.. you are right. I have said that to you.” King Terenas was going to say something else first, but then relented. “Well now you are here Prince Alric.”

“Last I heard, you were preparing to invade the Strahnbrad Hills. You left your men to come here to defend Lord Blackmoore?” Lord Uther asked and seemed a bit puzzled. “You know the reputation of that man, don’t you?”

“I trust my officers to handle the logistics and get everything ready till I return.” You said to Uther. “And yes I know his reputation, but how many neighbours do I have that are willing to work with me?”

You said to him with a tone that clearly expressed your irritation with your situation. Diplomatically you were left to pick up the leftovers so to speak. Lord Uther decided to not press his point further after hearing your tone.

“Then if you plan on helping Lord Blackmoore, how are you going to do it?” King Terenas asked and leaned forward while crossing his arms. King Terenas seemed to want an edge over Lord Blackmoore.

How are you going to do it? You had talked with Blackmoore and he had suggested for you to just speak the truth and if they are going to ask more questions about Thrall, then you are going to put a big emphasis on the business and coin making aspect of having such a successful gladiator. But after talking with Taretha, you had that itch again to tell King Terenas what you really thought about Blackmoore, even though you needed him as your ally.


>Politely decline to answer, you aren’t going to provide King Terenas any tips to be used against you or Lord Blackmoore. Information is arrows to be used against you after all.
>You are going to tell them what you have seen and done in Durnholde. That is the truth and you believe that the truth is on the side of Lord Blackmoore.
>Speak openly about Lord Blackmoore to King Terenas and Lord Uther right now. Express your disdain of what kind of a man he truly is. But at the moment you are still planning on helping him.
>Other, write in.

QM: Pastebins are up to date. I said it would take a few days to get the thread up, but apparently I had an uneventful night so here it is.

>>5269204
>>Politely decline to answer, you aren’t going to provide King Terenas any tips to be used against you or Lord Blackmoore. Information is arrows to be used against you after all.
Try to keep it as neutral as possible while being as polite as possible. They should understand that revealing what you are doing before the negotiations is stupid. I don’t think we gain much if not anything if we were to talk shit about Blackmoore so better to avoid that. Do this all professionally and everyone should be happy.

And good to see another thread of this quest.

>>5269204

>Politely decline to answer, you aren’t going to provide King Terenas any tips to be used against you or Lord Blackmoore. Information is arrows to be used against you after all.

>>5269204
>Lord Blackmoore invited us to testify on what we have seen in Durnholde and that is what we shall do. Durnholde is a major element of region’s security architecture and it working properly is in our all interest.

I have mixed feelings about this situation. It’s probably not a good idea to backstab blackmoore here if only because it would undermine our image of a man of integrity. But so would lying in his favour. It will probably be best to stick to facts during the hearing and let the Alliance draw their conclusions.
But we will probably end up having to defend our movements as well. That shouldn't be difficult though, the Strahnbrad route is in everyone’s interest long term even if it may see drop in trade for some locations in short term. In fact, the naval base is still an ongoing project, right? Shortening the logistics will make it cheaper to build as well as maintain.

>>5269204
>You are going to tell them what you have seen and done in Durnholde. That is the truth and you believe that the truth is on the side of Lord Blackmoore.
Feel like Alric will tell the truth regardless, just a matter of if we want to tell them that beforehand. Way I see it, we win some points with Terenas and lose no advantage if we answer his question.

>>5269204
>>Politely decline to answer, you aren’t going to provide King Terenas any tips to be used against you or Lord Blackmoore. Information is arrows to be used against you after all.
>Lord Blackmoore invited us to testify on what we have seen in Durnholde and that is what we shall do. Durnholde is a major element of region’s security architecture and it working properly is in our all interest.
Professional and simple. Without saying things they can use against us, this is what we did. Nothing less or more

>>5269204
>>You are going to tell them what you have seen and done in Durnholde. That is the truth and you believe that the truth is on the side of Lord Blackmoore.

>>5269204
>You are going to tell them what you have seen and done in Durnholde. That is the truth and you believe that the truth is on the side of Lord Blackmoore.

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“Lord Blackmoore invited me to testify on what I have seen in Durnholde during my visits there and that is what I am going to do.” You said to King Terenas.

King Terenas seemed somewhat disappointed when he didn’t hear what he wanted, but he seemed to be content on at least receiving an answer.

“Well if Lord Blackmoore is here, then we should have the hearing tomorrow afternoon.” King Terenas said to you. “Lord Uther, can you have the tribunal ready by then?”

“I can King Terenas. We have everything prepared.” Lord Uther said.

“Good, I knew you had already dealt with it. Then we can finish these talks now. Come see me later in the evening Uther, we still have some things to discuss.” King Terenas said and made you understand that this meeting with him was over.

“I will then accompany Prince Alric for a moment.” Lord Uther said and stood up from his chair. “Lad, please follow me.”

You gave a slight bow to King Terenas and nodded to Uther. As you started to leave the room and Calia was going to follow you, you heard King Terenas call her to stay for a moment. You turned to look at her and with a smile and a nod she said goodbye to you. You knew you would be seeing her later, if not today then during your visit here. And you couldn’t wait for that.

…

Having walked some distance from King Terenas' study and having arrived into a small courtyard, Lord Uther turned around to face you.

“Lad, you younglings are going to cause me more grey hairs than I already have.” Uther said and shook his head. “First you come here without a warning, then you and Lady Calia walk into our meeting and now…”

“Lord Uther, I am sorry if I have caused more problems to you.” You said to him.

“Oh, you haven’t. It is not about that.” Uther said and continued. “But stupid of me for to not introduce myself for this must be Lady Malevus.”

Malevus was amazed and didn’t really know to say anything immediately, until she managed to stutter something out.

“Y-yes Lord Uther, I am Malevus.” She managed to say and did the deepest curtsy you had seen her ever done.

“Rise Lady Malevus, there is no need to bow that deep for an old man like me.” Uther said back.

Malevus stood up and still seemed to be shocked that she had managed to meet with one of the legends she had read and heard about. She had just met her idol.

“But back to you Prince Alric, now that you are here I wish, I hope and I would like to see no shenanigans or trouble happening or appearing.” Lord Uther said to you with a stern tone. “You do have after all a bit of history of ending up being the most talked about person around. We are not in Stormwind, we are in Capital City now.”

“I will try Lord Uther.” You said to him and tried to suppress a smile.

“You will try… I am too old for this.” Lord Uther said before being silent for a moment and then suddenly laughing. “What am I saying, how can I stop what is inevitable.”

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>>5270400

Lord Uther had left to deal with some other things he still had to do. Again you were left alone in a palace that you didn’t know and neither you nor Malevus knew where to go or what was where? You sighed deeply for you would have to find another servant to ask directions from.


>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.
>Go find the steward and then the room that is going to be given to you. You also promised yourself to tell Malevus the truth about Taretha, you and Thrall and why she was ordered to leave the room so do that too.
>Wander around the palace and attempt to find Jaina Proudmoore as you know that she is here. Maybe if you don’t find her, then maybe you find someone else?
>Other, write in.

>>5270405
>>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.
We should talk with him so that we don’t have to talk tomorrow.

>>5270405
>Go find the steward and then the room that is going to be given to you. You also promised yourself to tell Malevus the truth about Taretha, you and Thrall and why she was ordered to leave the room so do that too.

>>5270405
>>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.

>>5270405
>Go find the steward and then the room that is going to be given to you. You also promised yourself to tell Malevus the truth about Taretha, you and Thrall and why she was ordered to leave the room so do that too.
She already knows our history with Uther right?

>>5270405
>Go find the steward and then the room that is going to be given to you. You also promised yourself to tell Malevus the truth about Taretha, you and Thrall and why she was ordered to leave the room so do that too.

>>5270405
>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.
For the love of don't tell Malevus the truth in the place full of ears that will overhear everything especially since they will no doubt keeping an eye on us, especially in our quarters. If we want to tell Malevus do it in a much safer and more discrete location.

>>5270916
you make a good point, I'm probably not paranoid enough for these circumstances.

But then we should be careful what we say in front of Blackmoore as well to not undermine our value in the hearing.

So I guess I'd switch to
>>Wander around the palace and attempt to find Jaina Proudmoore as you know that she is here. Maybe if you don’t find her, then maybe you find someone else?
for this reason

>>5270405
>>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.

>>5270405
>Lord Blackmoore has probably arrived, go see him and tell the news of the tribunal that is going to happen tomorrow. You should probably go through the things you are going to talk about for the second time.
Let's not give our... ally the impression that we're ignoring or avoiding him. Besides, I get the feeling things might go south if we don't try to get a more unified statement over what happened ready

>>5270916
Maybe we can talk of it in one of the gardens ?there is a place we can use surely.

When did we route lock calia did I miss a vote somewhere?

>>5271314
The kiss vote in stormwind presumably.

>>5271314
I don't think it necessarily completely locked it, but honestly I'm down to just roll with it because waifu wars are hardly ever healthy for a quest in my experience

>>5271337
I dont even think theres any waifu war to be had considering that QM made a canon love interest so its kinda weird going against it.
I dont even like calia

>>5271314
I don’t think we’re hard locked either, Calia’s a good one though so I’m quite happy with her.

>>5271314
It s not hard locked, but it started as a relation. As a Prince we could have even other women if we want, be lovers or what not. Choices appear time to time.
Eitherway we will see how this developes, even if I recon Alric already understands, it's not going to be easy at all due to politics. Could be his first love/relation.

“Alright, I should talk with Lord Blackmoore.” You mused aloud.

“Prince Alric, to talk about tomorrow?” Malevus asked you.

“Yes, better to talk today than to wait till tomorrow.” You said back and straightened your chaperon.

You probably wouldn’t enjoy talking with Lord Blackmoore that much, but because of him you are here and as much as you dislike the man, you would still do what you had been asked to do.

…

It did take some time for you to wander through the palace and find a servant who could help you. The size of the Royal Palace continued to amaze you compared to the certain compactness of the Stormwind Keep. If you were to compare the two places, you were now in a proper palace built for a mighty ruler to live in and rule their land, while Stormwind Keep felt more like a fortress made for a warrior that was as much away soldiering and keeping the peace in the realm as he was at back home.

In the end you managed to find the steward who in turn had been looking for you since your disappearance. The man seemed relieved to see you and after brief, but relieved greetings, he told you that all your belongings had been already brought into the room that they had quickly prepared for you.

The steward was ready to guide you there, but you had the other plans in mind. You asked if Lord Blackmoore had arrived and if he had, could the steward escort you to him?

Thankfully Lord Blackmoore had arrived not so long ago and he had been guided to his room. The steward warned you though that Lord Blackmoore was slightly sick according to his handmaiden and wouldn’t take visitors.

…

Lord Blackmoore had been given a room in the guest wing of the palace. When you reached the door that was guarded by a pair of Durnholde footmen who said that Lord Blackmoore was inside, you thanked the steward for the help and knocked on the door several times. It took some time and when you were ready to knock again, you heard the lock open and the door was pushed open.

“Prince Alric, I guess you want to see Lord Blackmoore?” Taretha asked as she peeked from the door.

“That is correct.” You said to her.

“Then come in.” Taretha said to you.

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>>5271641

You quickly stepped in with Malevus behind you and saw Lord Blackmoore sitting on a chair while pouring another goblet of wine from a pitcher.

The man wasn’t sick, he was just drunk.

“Prince Alric.” He greeted you and took a long sip before putting the pitcher down. “Taretha, please leave for a moment and take the elf with you.”

You nodded to Malevus and watched as Taretha guided Malevus out of the door before closing it.

“Lord Blackmoore, I have news and we should talk.” You said back to him. “The tribunal regarding Thrall's escape is tomorrow afternoon and I thought we should go through the…”

“Tomorrow!” Blackmoore raised his voice and seemed disgruntled. “They call me here and they immediately have the… tribunal was the word you used, that thing ready for me.”

“Lord Uther had prepared everything ready.” You said to him as a matter of fact.

“Uther? You talked with Lord Uther already?” Blackmoore said and finished the goblet and started to pour another.

It wasn’t even that late and he was already quite drunk.

“Yes, in fact I already talked with Lord Uther and King Terenas.” You said to him.

“Terenas? You talked with the King? You just arrived here and immediately you got an audience with the King?” Blackmoore asked you and was a mix of bewildered and drunk. “It took me years to meet the man.”

Was he envious that you had met with Lord Uther and King Terenas? No, this seemed to be resentment and not just envy. Blackmoore couldn’t believe that you had already spoken with them

“Yes, something like that.” You chose not to tell how you got the audience.” And I told them what we discussed in Southshore. I will be telling them tomorrow what I have seen just like we talked about and agreed to do.”

Lord Blackmoore seemed to be not so pleased when he heard that. Clearly he didn’t like the fact that you had just met with two men who are amongst the most powerful in the whole Lordaeron and you had talked with them about the tribunal.

“You didn’t tell them anything? You better not have.” Lord Blackmoore said and even by being a really functional alcoholic, you started to hear his speech slur somewhat. “You better not have ruined this, or else…”

Or else what? Was Lord Blackmoore threatening you or what was he saying?


>Or else what? You shouldn’t allow him to threaten you like that. See if he is bluffing or completely serious.
>Remind Lord Blackmoore that he is a Lord and you are a Prince. Who your father was opens just as many doors as it closes and this time it opens them.
>Tell Lord Blackmoore that he is drunk and that he should stop drinking. Tomorrow is a long day and being badly hungover or continuing to drink are really bad ideas.
>Other, write in.

QM: There has been no romance or route locks yet. Things can still happen, things can still change a lot.

>>5271644
Hmm, don't know what's the best approach here.

>There has been no romance or route locks yet. Things can still happen, things can still change a lot.
You say that, but the only scenario in which Alric breaks up with Calia without being an asshole is with King Terenas forcing him to. Granted, that's a very likely scenario, but it's still a soft route lock.

>>5271644
Inform Blackmoore that we did not tell them anything else about him.

The main thing that made me think we were locked was the amount of kissing the hugging and holding can be passed off but if we were to chose anyone else after we have now repeatedly kissed her would really be a dick move, the only way out I see that we arnt a dick is we fail to save her from arthas when he does the regicide

>>5271644
>>Tell Lord Blackmoore that he is drunk and that he should stop drinking. Tomorrow is a long day and being badly hungover or continuing to drink are really bad ideas.
No sell Blackmoore otherwise. Better to let what he said just be not reacted upon. If he is seen drunk or badly hangover, he could be seen not being able to do his work.

I think Calia is super sweet and could be the one, but the politics that come with her worry me that it will make everything difficult even if Calia and Alric are in proper love. Will Terenas allow this? Can Calia leave Capital City to visit us? Still I think we should go for her and see how it goes. Do as much things with her now that we are in Capital City as we don’t know when is the next time Alric gets to see her.

>>5271644
>Tell Lord Blackmoore that he is drunk and that he should stop drinking. Tomorrow is a long day and being badly hungover or continuing to drink are really bad ideas

A truthful and credible testimony is less likely to sabotage you than showing up drunk…


The man is making it really hard to not look for ways to sweep the rug from under him. But we are not in position to give him a blow that would make him unable to threaten us back, or force him onto path of righteousness.

I guess we could bait him into attacking us and then defending ourselves. Not sure what our chances would be though. Or to get him to attack another actual alliance noble. Well both are dangerous for multiple reasons.

>>5271644
>Other, write in.
Clench our teeth before we cut his head off, when we are done get out maybe a spar with Malevus will help distract us from the offenses received. We can talk with her as well.
"I have no reason or desire to do so Lord Blackmoore, remember that i have my own affairs back home. It would be quite unwise to do anything against you, when i have already close relations with you. If another lord replaces you, he might just hate me because i am an Alteraci. Which is not uncommon."
>Tell Lord Blackmoore that he is drunk and that he should stop drinking. Tomorrow is a long day and being badly hungover or continuing to drink are really bad ideas.

Take away all the alcohol, and tell servants to not bring more.
Water and bread.
We need his mind ready for the tribunal. Have Taretha repeat him our defense when is sober, especially if he doesn't understand a thing now. Advise him to not do anything that would ruin his reputation in the palace of the king, like beating a servant or get drunk again.

Would it be possible for Blackmoore to be redeemed from his miserable state? I can't rightly imagine how that would happen or what we could do to bring it about. He's normalized his depravity together with Langston and it would take something drastic to shake them both.

We find ourselves in a very precarious situation as his advocate. The hearing will be interesting and unpleasant.

>>5272186
Maybe, I don’t see it being easy. Langston meanwhile seems like the person who keeps things running. I think as long as he is around and doing well, we can influence Blackmoore through him.

Lord Blackmoore seemed to have one of his not so great days today with alcohol making him belligerent. You wanted the reason why you are here to go as well as possible and to do so you would have to get Lord Blackmoore to behave and not be drunk.

“Lord Blackmoore, tomorrow is a long day and if King Terenas and the others see you either drunk or badly hungover, what will they think of you? A truthful and credible testimony will accomplish a lot more than showing up drunk.” You said after taking a deep breath. “You are drunk right now and not thinking straight. We need you to be as clear as possible come tomorrow.”

You continued looking at Lord Blackmoore and waited for him to respond. Instead he just took a sip of the wine and waved away your concerns.

“I know what they think of me. I drink too much, I am a son of a traitor general, have you heard that story Prince Alric? My father Aedelyn Blackmoore served Alterac, he served your father, but he sold his country for some Stromgarde gold.” Blackmoore said to you and spat on the floor. “Still I succeeded.”

You didn’t remember hearing this story and if you had heard it, you understood his point. Blackmoore’s reputation wasn’t the greatest, but because he delivers results, he has kept his position as the Commander of the Internment Camps.

“And for you to have another chance to succeed in the future, we need you to be as clear as possible. Because what will you do if someone else is ordered to take your position and you are sent to command a garrison in the swamps of the Wetland?” You raised your voice a bit and argued against him. Blackmoore seemed to be proud of his accomplishments and it could be the key to get him to understand the importance of this.

Blackmoore listened to what you said and finished his goblet.

“Prince Alric, I wish to be alone and I won’t repeat myself.” Blackmoore said back and managed to sit back down on the chair before he started to ignore your presence.

So this was how he was going to act. Just ignoring you. Seeing that there was no point in attempting to speak with him any further, you left the brooding and drunk lord in his room alone.

Outside in the hallway you waved Taretha to come to you. You told her that Lord Blackmoore shouldn’t drink not a drop more of alcohol and he needs to be sober tomorrow. Taretha promised to do what she could to make that happen.

With you having done as much as you could outside of confiscating everything liquid that wasn’t water from Blackmoore’s room, you had to just have your hopes up and wish that he was ready tomorrow. Because if he wasn’t, you weren’t sure that your testimony is enough to carry the day.

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>>5272473

With the help of a servant you had managed to find your room. It wasn’t in the same guest wing as Lord Blackmoore’s room, but instead in the same wing where the Menethil family lives. You had expected a fine room, maybe something just as big that you had been in Stormwind or in Dalaran, but you hadn’t expected this.

Multiple rooms, personal bath, own kitchen if needed, balcony where you could see the gardens and beyond into the Lordamere Lake. The room given to you was huge, so huge that you had to ask a servant if you were given the right room?

Apparently you were, you are a Prince so you got a room fitting of a royalty.

…

You had been alone in your room with Malevus for a while and the evening had arrived. Sir Gravis and his knights had taken quarters in the barracks of the Royal Palace and Malevus had been given a private room in the servants quarters in which she could sleep without having to share space with the servants.

A servant had brought you and Malevus something light to eat and drink as you let the time pass. The thing was, you had always been bad at waiting for things and you were getting bored. You should maybe do something to pass your time, or will you just attempt to go to sleep early to be ready tomorrow.


>Talk with Malevus now about Taretha, Thrall and you. Also ask what she thinks of this trip and your task of helping Lord Blackmoore.
>You should wander through the Royal Palace to kill time and to learn the layout of the palace and maybe you could find someone interesting or someone who you know.
>Wait for a moment and attempt to find where Calia’s room is to visit her. Your earlier meeting with her was quite short in the end.
>Other, write in.

>>5272480
Go to sleep early.

>>5272480
>You should wander through the Royal Palace to kill time and to learn the layout of the palace and maybe you could find someone interesting or someone who you know.
Yay mystery box
Also…
Tell Malevus we will speak more later on this affair. If we expect her to follow her conscience as a Paladin should, we should be on the same page.

>>5272480
>>Wait for a moment and attempt to find where Calia’s room is to visit her. Your earlier meeting with her was quite short in the end.
Mystery box tempts me a lot, but I will choose Calia instead.

And yes tell Malevus that you will talk with her later.

>>5272480
Supporting >>5272551

>>5272480
>>5272551
support

>>5272551
support looks ok

>>5272480
>You should wander through the Royal Palace to kill time and to learn the layout of the palace and maybe you could find someone interesting or someone who you know.
Hoping for Jaina as she might have some advice for tomorrow

Mystery Box! No best roll this time!


>1d10
>Taking the third roll

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>5273641
here goes a filler...

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>5273641
man i sure love filler episodes.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>5273641
??? found!

would it be too much of a spoiler to ask what the roll table was at this point? I imagine 1 might be Arthas

although it's probably better to keep the mystery for next opportunity

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>>5273641
>>5273676

“Alright.” You suddenly said and jumped up from the couch you had been lounging on.

“Alright what Prince Alric?” Malevus asked you.

“I can’t stand this boredom, I need to do something.” You answered. “We should talk about all this on a later date.”

“I understand, what are you going to do Prince Alric?” Malevus stood up too and was ready to follow you.

“I need to go for a walk. You can retire for the day, see you tomorrow Malevus.”

“See you tomorrow Prince Alric.”

…

>9

You had left your room and locked the door before leaving to wander the hallways. With it being already late there were even less servants moving in the palace and the few of them that you met greeted you as you passed them. It seemed that the word had spread and now everyone knew that you were here.

You walked past the doors and hallways to the rooms the royal family used and wondered where Jaina was as you hadn’t seen her yet. You made mental notes as you mapped the palace in your mind where whatever was so that if you needed to go somewhere, you wouldn’t have to ask for guidance and not worry about getting lost. With the palace being a huge place, getting lost was a real thing that could happen.

Passing the Royal Gardens, you walked deeper into the palace and stopped to look at pieces of art or statues of long gone kings and generals before you suddenly found yourself under the canopy of stars as you stepped outside. The clear night sky opened above you and the moon provided you enough light to see even without a lantern where you had arrived.

A cemetery.

The family cemetery of the Menethil family was located in the far corner of the Royal Palace and after realising where you had arrived you had thoughts about leaving the place, but when you noticed that not all gravestones had the name Menethil on them. Amongst the ancient Menethil’s were graves of other ancient nobles, warriors and generals of renown of which some you recognized from the books you had read.

Then you noticed a grave you didn’t know that existed.

Aiden Perenolde's grave was amongst the Menethil’s. Your father was buried here. Looking at the small gravestone you realised that you hadn’t really thought about it before. After your father had allied with Orgrim Doomhammer’s Horde and later helped them for the second time, he had been ousted by Lord Uther and thrown into prison where he had died in obscurity. You remember hearing the news from Normand Garside maybe five to six years ago, but you just had put it aside and you hadn’t processed it in your mind or talked with anyone about it.

“I see you have found the grave.”

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>>5274615

You heard a voice of a lady behind you and you turned around to see who had found you here. An older lady, maybe in her fifties wearing a dress in the colours of Lordaeron with her long blond hair and a face that reminded you of the siblings you had learned to know in the past year.

“Queen Lianna.” You greeted her and gave her a slight bow.

“Good evening Prince Alric.” Queen Lianna said to you and continued. “I heard from a handmaiden that ‘the Alteraci has been wandering the hallways’ and I found you here.”

“Waiting isn’t my strong suit and I was awfully bored.” You said back to her with a chuckle.

“That is what we have heard. You have been a popular person to spread rumours and news about. This rogue Prince is doing things, saving towns and defeating his enemies. Not a day of a rest.” Queen Lianna said back with a smile before becoming more serious. “We probably wouldn’t have these talks if things were different.”

Yes, if your father hadn’t betrayed the Alliance, you probably wouldn’t be here or achieved the things you had done.

“But don’t worry about what has happened in the past, for we cannot change it. Worry about the future, the obstacles you are going to face and make sure that you will overcome them.” Queen Lianna said to you.

“There are plenty of obstacles to overcome and some people want to put more and more of them ahead of me.” You said.

“But remember that you have friends and people that support you. Treasure them, trust them and help them. You might have hundreds of enemies and only a few friends, but those few friends you have are the most important things you have.” Queen Lianne told you.

What Queen Lianne said to you was true and sounded somewhat familiar to what you had said to Calia back in Stormwind. Had she told her mother what happened there? Does she know about you and Calia?

“You're right Queen Lianne.” You said and nodded.

“You have more friends and allies than you know about, just not everyone is ready or willing to publicly support you.” Queen Lianne said. “Just keep doing what you are doing Prince Alric.”

You opted to just nod to what she said to you for it was true.

“But isn’t it quite late? You should go to sleep Prince Alric, for tomorrow is probably a long day.”

“You are right Queen Lianne, I should probably go to sleep.” You said to her. “Thank you for this talk.”

“It was my pleasure. Now go and continue doing what you have been doing.” Queen Lianne said. “Good night Prince Alric.”

“Good night Queen Lianne.”

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>>5274617

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You had allowed Queen Lianne to leave first as you kept thinking about your father in the cemetery for a moment before you too left for your room to catch some sleep.

The next morning you put on your fine clothes that you had bought from Stormwind which apparently had given a good impression to the people who had seen you wearing them. You are probably going to be surrounded by nobles so just wearing your normal clothes wouldn’t be the best way to go.

Having eaten breakfast, taken a bath, put on the clothes and rechecked everything twice, you were ready for the day.

With Malevus, Sir Gravis and his knights escorting you through the palace, you could see how the place was alive and full of servants and visitors. The grand hallway that led into the imperial chamber had plenty of curious onlookers that had been barred entry to the chamber, but were still intrigued to hear the news and the result of this tribunal in addition to the other business and decisions done today in matters unrelated to you. Not that often this many nobles and others would gather into the chamber so days like this were followed relatively closely.

“Prince Alric Perenolde of Alterac.” The guard standing by the large door shouted to introduce you to the crowd inside the imperial chamber as you stepped in and when he did that, the many nobles and those allowed into the chamber turned their heads and fell silent.

“Has Lord Blackmoore arrived yet?” You quietly asked the guard and received the answer of not yet.

So you were early or he was late to his own tribunal.

The imperial chamber had silken curtains, golden chandeliers and a pure white marble floor which had intricate designs with concentric circles and a triangle in the middle. At the center of the triangle was another circle with the golden seal of Lordaeron that was somewhat hidden underneath a long table that had been brought into the chamber. The high domed ceiling, with the octagonal window at the apex, let in plenty of natural light and you could see the many balconies that overlooked the chamber where ambassadors could easily see and hear everything that was happening in the chamber.

With Malevus following behind you, you walked past the nobles until you stopped and took a spot nearly in the front. Quickly the nobles continued their own talks and you could relax a bit without having several dozen pairs of eyes keeping a close watch on you.

Looking around you saw the throne empty and there was no one sitting behind the long table either, just a few clerks bringing scrolls and papers there. Then you spotted some familiar faces in the chamber. Lord Uther spoke with a pair of paladins next to a wall on the other side of the chamber, maybe they were part of the tribunal? And you saw Jaina Proudmoore standing amongst the crowd and when you noticed her, she gave you a smile and waved.

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>>5274618

You didn’t know how long you would have to wait for Lord Blackmoore or in what kind of shape the man is, so you didn’t exactly know what to do? Should you just wait for him and do nothing or maybe go talk with someone?


>Go see Jaina as you haven't seen or talked with her yet. See how she is doing and talk with her about what she thinks about this case.
>Introduce yourself to the two paladins who are with Lord Uther. Keep things professional and ask how this tribunal is going to go.
>You are watched by many people, so just stay put and wait for Lord Blackmoore. You have the time to talk with people later.
>Other, write in.

QM: I won’t reveal the exact list, but think of the people that most likely could be visiting Capital City. Most of them were in that list.

>>5274620
>>Introduce yourself to the two paladins who are with Lord Uther. Keep things professional and ask how this tribunal is going to go.

>>5274620
>Introduce yourself to the two paladins who are with Lord Uther. Keep things professional and ask how this tribunal is going to go.

>>5274620
>Go see Jaina as you haven't seen or talked with her yet. See how she is doing and talk with her about what she thinks about this case.
Atleast acknowledge her.

>>5274620
Nod and smile back at Jaina (unless we did that automatically) and then

>Introduce yourself to the two paladins who are with Lord Uther. Keep things professional and ask how this tribunal is going to go.

Probably better not to provoke the assembly too much

>>5274620
>>Introduce yourself to the two paladins who are with Lord Uther. Keep things professional and ask how this tribunal is going to go.
Yes nod and smile to Jaina, then go see the paladins. We might learn something useful from them.

Introducing yourself to the two paladins wins. I need a second vote.

Is Alric going to call Thrall he or it? Basically is Alric going to call him as a person and humanize (orchize?) him a bit or is Alric going to follow the majority opinion and call Thrall it, basically implying that Thrall is a beast and inhuman creature like people see orcs? This decision has an effect how some people will react to what you say and how they see you.


What do you call Thrall?
>He
>It

>>5274971
>>It

We don't want to look like an orclover like our father.

>>5274971
>>5274980
To add, appearing sympathetic to Thrall might make Blackmoore suspect us of collaborating with his escape.

>>5274971
>>He
I think he won't win, but I think humanising him has benefits in this. Calling Thrall it is the safe choice, but could gain approval of some people. Also people might already think we are an orclover because we are a Perenolde so whatever we say doesn't matter.

This has some risks, but I think Alric should take it and not pretend to say something else he wouldn't normally say.

>>5274971
Avoid using pronouns, use context relevant nouns instead or structure sentence to allow for him to be implied subject.
As last resort, use “it”.

I don’t think we would be comfortable calling the orc ‘it’ casually given what we know, and that’s going to show regardless.

>>5274971
Hmm, Alric has stated previously that he sees Thrall a bit differently from the other Orcs he has encountered, having seen a spark of intelligence in its/his eyes to Lord Garinthos.
>He
Since that was how Alric referred to Thrall back then. Best stay consistent I say.

>>5275034
That is true. I change my vote to
>>5274971
He

>>5274971
>He
Bite the bullet at the very least make thrall the exception considering that other orcs alric has met are the internment zombies and the blackrock orcs.

>>5275045
>I change my vote
>1 post by this IP
eh?

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>>5275055
Warlock Magic clearly. Hard to count really when counting votes.

>>5274971
>It

>>5275055
I have no idea how that happened desu. Maybe my tablet snapped onto my phone or my router got reset without me noticing? I’m >>5275011 and
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You gave a deep nod and smile to Jaina and mouthed to her ‘we will speak later’ and it seemed that Jaina understood your intent. Now it wouldn’t be the time for you to approach her, especially as Lord Uther and the paladins were right there. After all, you had a reason to be here.

Walking towards Lord Uther, it was one of his paladins who noticed you and when you reached them they weren’t taken by surprise.

“Lord Uther, it is my pleasure to see you.” You said to him as you knew him and gave him and the paladins a deep bow.

“Hello Prince Alric.” Uther said to you and introduced his two compatriots. “These are Sage Truthbearer and Tirion Fordring, they will be joining me in the tribunal.”

“Pleasure to meet you Tirion Fordring and Sage Truthbearer.” You said to them.

So a second of the five legendary paladins was here and you recognized the name of Sage Truthbearer from one of your books. Uther had clearly built the tribunal around his paladin pals and you thought that you had seen four chairs behind the large table, meaning three of the four members of the tribunal were here. One remained and you had a really good guess who it could be.

“So this is the much spoken Prince Alric.” Tirion Fordring said to you and gave you a pleasant smile.

“The one and only, not that many Perenoldes are alive right now.” You said back to them.

“Why are you here?” Sage Truthbearer asked you. He seemed sceptical about you clearly.

“Because Lord Blackmoore invited me here.” You answered his very straightforward question. “Durnholde is one of my closest neighbours after all.”

“We did fight against the gnolls together.” Uther said and nodded. “Prince Alric and his Alteracis were an important part of our expedition.”

“I did read the report about that. It is good that the gnolls were brought to justice and peace was brought upon the land.” Tirion Fordring said and continued. “Prince Alric, I also read about your participation in the expedition and about your sparring match against the orc because of which we are here. What can you tell us about this Thrall?”

“Thrall is a good fighter, an even better gladiator, but I beat him during our short sparring match.” You said to him and kept things vague enough.

“Opting to keep things till the tribunal? Smart.” Sage Truthbearer said with his stern voice.

“How does the tribunal even work? No one really has explained this to me.” You said to them as you didn’t really know.

“There will be four of us and King Terenas.” Lord Uther said to you. “We will first question Lord Blackmoore and then any of the witnesses.”

“Thank you Lord Uther. I hadn’t really had a chance to learn these things.” You said back and gave him a gentle smile.

“Don’t worry about it Prince Alric. As long as you tell us the truth, on your part everything will be fine.” Tirion Fordring said.

“Remember just not to lie to us.” Sage Truthbearer mentioned.

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>>5275272

There was some commotion in the chamber as several of the ambassadors arrived to their balconies and the people in the chamber started to move closer to the walls to give you some room.

“Alright Prince Alric, it is time for us to perform our duty.” Lord Uther said and gave you a nod.

The three paladins walked to the table and you followed behind them to take a spot amongst the audience in the chamber. After they had sat down, you saw the person that you had guessed to be the fourth member of the tribunal.

Prince Arthas Menethil in his full plate mail entered the room and took a seat next to Lord Uther behind the table. He gave you the look of ‘why are you here’ and clearly didn’t like the fact that you had arrived at his home. It didn’t take long for King Terenas to follow him and sit down on his throne.

Everyone was here except Lord Blackmoore.

The people in the chamber waited for him for a moment until people started to question where he was. Some of the people gave you curious glances, but you opted to not recognize them or react to them.

Finally just as people started to become restless, Lord Blackmoore entered the imperial chamber.

He too was wearing his better clothes and seemed to be quite sober or he was hiding his hangover really well. Whatever magic Taretha had managed to conjure, she had clearly succeeded.

“Good morning Prince Alric.” Blackmoore said to you and you could hear the tone of disdain in his voice. He clearly didn’t want to be here, but sometimes you had to do your duty.

“Good morning Lord Blackmoore.” You said to him. “You look fresh.”

“Oh shut up.” He whispered to you as he clearly didn’t like your dig.

The clerks went through the process of how the tribunal would work and introduced all four members of it that were sitting behind the table. You knew Lord Uther and you had a feeling that he was the fairest of all four members. Tirion Fordring seemed to be the most curious of all four and probably wanted to hear the truth, while Sage Truthbearer seemed to be the most strict of the four and seemed to be the one wanting justice to happen.

Prince Arthas was the big question. Freshly made into a proper paladin, you thought that he would follow their rules and guidance, but you also knew that he was somewhat temperamental and disliked you. Would that play a part in all this? You frankly didn’t know.

You knew that they would be asking questions from you so the only question you had was how would you end up answering them?

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>>5275276


>Truth of what you had seen in Durnholde, leave nothing hidden and answer all of their questions as truthfully as possible, even if that means speaking badly of Lord Blackmoore.
>Answer the questions like you and Lord Blackmoore had planned to answer. Emphasise what you had seen and the economic benefits of having a gladiator of Thrall's calibre.
>Opt to give non-answers and clearly avoid speaking the full truth. You are going to dodge and weave through their questions. You aren’t going to drag yourself into any trouble.
>Tell the truth about Lord Blackmoore about what kind of a person he is and throw him under the carriage so to speak.
>Other, write in.

>>5275277
>Answer the questions like you and Lord Blackmoore had planned to answer. Emphasise what you had seen and the economic benefits of having a gladiator of Thrall's calibre.
If something implicates Blackmoore then only answer if questioned.

>>5275277
Throwing Blackmoore under the bus is tempting and we’re unlikely to ever get a better chance than now. But regardless of merits doing this would make it to top ten pandaren picture book betrayals that could leave us isolated.
On the other hand supporting blackmoore for pragmatic reasons is not without hazards either. It would be probably best to go with
>Speak truthfully
It’s what we do, after all. And in fairness it is true that the gladiatorial event brought quite some traffic to Durnholde.

>>5275277
>>Answer the questions like you and Lord Blackmoore had planned to answer. Emphasise what you had seen and the economic benefits of having a gladiator of Thrall's calibre.

Stick to the plan.

>>5275277
>>Answer the questions like you and Lord Blackmoore had planned to answer. Emphasise what you had seen and the economic benefits of having a gladiator of Thrall's calibre.

Stick to the plan. I didn't expect he to win, but as anon said, it is the most consistent choice.dhnsp

Just keep in mind that if we cover blackmoore too unconditionally it’s will undermine weight of our testimony and risks setting the paladins against us. It would likely be better to allow some of Blackmoore’s laundry get exposed - even for him, as it mitigates risk we’re seen as Alteraci conspirators.

>>5275277
>Opt to give non-answers and clearly avoid speaking the full truth. You are going to dodge and weave through their questions. You aren’t going to drag yourself into any trouble.

>>5275321
What laundry should we expose on purpose? Because I don't think any of it is super viable to do on purpose.

>>5275576
I don’t mean engineering a specific leak, just not bending over backwards to paint him in positive light at all costs.
Not trying to spin narrative or pulling wool over inquisitor’s eyes. Offer arguments we have for why his work is contributing to region’s security and admit benefits of the gladiator event without outright endorsing it as without risks or drawbacks.

>>5275284
support

>>5275277
Support >>5275284

When it seemed that everything was ready and the tribunal was going to start, you looked around the chamber to see if you could spot anyone else who you could recognise. In one of the balconies high above you stood a dwarf with a long braided beard, in another was a bald goblin with a monocle and the rest of them were filled by ambassadors from other human nations.

Around you were nobles and probably very notable burghers who had gained access to be part of the audience for the tribunal by being rich enough. You didn’t recognise any of them, but you thought that some of them must be very important people or at least have a partial interest in this case.

The tribunal was started by Lord Uther who first spoke about the events that had happened and why the tribunal had been formed. The main issues why Lord Blackmoore had been called to Capital City were that he had allowed an orc to escape from Durnholde and secondly that the orc had been trained to be his own personal gladiator.

The questioning started by asking Lord Blackmoore very basic questions. What his position was, what were his duties, how many Internment Camps there were and how many orcs those camps had. Then the tribunal moved to questions more related to the case at hand. How he had found Thrall, where did the idea to train him as a gladiator come from, how profitable the gladiator business is and how secure Durnholde was?

Lord Blackmoore had to think his words more when he spoke about Thrall, it was either because he wasn't telling all the facts or he was still very much bitter and angry about Thrall’s escape, but he managed to express himself well enough. Still it did seem that not everyone was convinced. There were murmurs in the crowd when Lord Blackmoore explained his idea of putting Thrall to work, to provide something for him and not just to be yet another mouth to feed.

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>>5277394

“Prince Alric Perenolde, could you please step forward?” Lord Uther called you.

The crowd knew that you were here, but there was still that mix of surprise and disbelief in the air. To many it did seem that the idea of you existing hadn’t been considered. You gave a quick glance towards Jaina and saw that Calia had joined her in watching the proceedings as you walked where Lord Blackmoore had been standing just a moment ago. Now all the eyes in the chamber were on you.

“Prince Alric, could you please tell us how you ended up being involved in this?” Lord Uther continued.

“Lord Uther, the first time for me to be in Durnholde Keep was during the expedition against the gnolls that you launched and in which Prince Arthas also participated. During this visit to Durnholde, I had a chance to spar against Thrall.” You told them.

“How did your sparring match go?” Tirion Fordring asked while making notes.

“I won.”

“You won?” Sage Truthbearer commented. “Lord Blackmoore just told us how successful his orc had been in the gladiator tournaments.”

“You are correct, I had a chance to witness Thrall fighting in one of the tournaments. He is a great gladiator, saying anything else would be a lie.” You told them.

“That sounds very much like you are praising the orc Prince Alric.” Arthas said to you and continued. “If the orc was such a great gladiator, how could you have beaten it? Did the orc just lay down for you and allow you to win?”

“Prince Arthas you know how good fighter I am.” You said to him and knew that people around you realised what you were talking about. “Thrall is a great gladiator and in that environment he excels in, but Thrall is only a good fighter outside of that environment.”

That left Arthas silent and it seemed that he accepted your answer.

“Prince Alric, you mentioned your second visit to Durnholde. What was the reason for that? Why would you visit Durnholde? Just to see the gladiator tournament?” Tirion Fordring asked and raised his gaze from the scrolls back to you.

Lord Blackmoore hadn’t really talked about you when he was questioned, just mentioned that the relationship between Alterac and Durnholde was strong due to being close neighbours and because you had helped in the search for Thrall. But nothing about sending soldiers to Durnholde to help guard the camps while being paid directly by Lord Blackmoore and not from the camp budgets.


>Diplomatic mission to know your neighbours better. You toured the whole Hillsbrad region during it, including Durnholde which happened to host the tournament when you were there. Probably the most vague of the answers.
>Lord Blackmoore invited you to talk about trade opportunities and closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde.
>You were called to lend a hand in helping to guard the camps. Explain the agreement for Blackmoore to hire Alteraci soldiers as guards outside the official budget.
>Other, write in.

>>5277400
>>Lord Blackmoore invited you to talk about trade opportunities and closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde.

>>5277400
>Lord Blackmoore invited you to talk about trade opportunities and closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde.

>>5277400
>>Lord Blackmoore invited you to talk about trade opportunities and closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde.
I think this is a safe choice.

>>5277400
>>Lord Blackmoore invited you to talk about trade opportunities and closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde.
True, we don't need to tell them about the guard deals.

>>5277400
>Diplomatic mission to know your neighbours better. You toured the whole Hillsbrad region during it, including Durnholde which happened to host the tournament when you were there. Probably the most vague of the answers.

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Is Medivh okay?

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“I was invited by Lord Blackmoore to talk about trade and potential closer cooperation between Alterac and Durnholde. With Durnholde being one of my close neighbours, it would make sense for us to have some sort of a relationship.” You said to Tirion Fordring.

“Did you succeed in making a trade deal or what was the end result?” Tirion Fordring asked you.

“No, we didn’t agree on trade, but as I am here, we clearly did manage to form a relationship of some sort.” You said and shrugged a bit before continuing. “Of course inviting me did coincide with the tournament, but won’t events like these make a good chance to have a good impression on your visitors?

“I guess you are right Prince Alric.” Tirion Fordring said and continued making notes. “I don’t have any more questions.”

“Then we call Lord Blackmoore back for more questions as we now have a better idea of what has happened.” Lord Uther said and gave a nod to you.

You returned the nod and walked back to where you had been standing previously as Blackmoore stepped forward to answer more questions. The paladins asked him about the security of the Internment Camps and how the funds and the budget has been used previously. You were quite happy that the paladins hadn’t asked you about any military help to Durnholde nor Blackmoore said anything about the deal between you and him.

As it seemed that the paladins were stopping, next it was King Terenas himself who spoke to Blackmoore. When the old King leaned forward, everyone in the chamber started to listen more closely.

“It was bad enough that you thought it a good idea to train an orc to fight in gladiatorial combat.” King Terenas began. “But to train it in military strategy, to teach it to read, to write…I must ask Lieutenant General…what in the Light’s name were you thinking?”

It felt like Blackmoore seemed to physically diminish right in front of his eyes. Blackmoore had avoided the questions from King Terenas before this and while he was growing older, his voice commanded respect and when he spoke in situations like this, every word had weight behind them.

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>>5280877

“You assured me that the funds and materials went directly into stepping up security, and that your pet orc was securely guarded.” King Terenas said and continued. “And yet somehow, it is out there instead of safely inside Durnholde. How is that possible?”

“It is certainly unfortunate that Thrall escaped.” Blackmoore frowned and rallied somewhat. “I’m sure you understand how I must feel.”

It was a hit on Blackmoore’s part; Terenas was still felt offended by the fact that Orgrim Doomhammer had escaped from under his very nose. But it wasn’t a particularly wise hit as King Terenas seemed more incensed than before.

“I hope this isn’t part of some disturbing trend. The money is earned from the labour of the people Lieutenant General. It goes toward keeping them safe. Do I need to send along a representative to ensure that the funds are properly distributed?” Terenas said with an even more serious tone.

“No! No, no, that won’t be necessary. I will account for every penny.” Blackmoore quickly replied as he had realised his mistake.

“We shall see.” King Terenas said and turned towards Uther. “Lord Uther, you may continue.”

“Then we ask Prince Alric for more questions.” He said.

As you walked past Lord Blackmoore, you gave him a quick glance and he seemed relieved that it wasn’t his turn to be asked questions.

“Prince Alric, we have read the report from Lord Garithos. How would you describe this orc, this gladiator Thrall to us?” Sage Truthbearer asked you.

You thought back to what you had spoken with Lord Garithos. He had asked you about the orcs and you remember what you told him. You had said that Thrall had this different spark in his eyes that the other orcs didn’t have. You also had told him that you applauded Lord Blackmoore’s efforts in attempting to get something out of the orcs, but that it was foolish to allow Thrall to escape. You could just say that to the paladins as it was probably what Lord Garithos had written down, but there were an awful amount of nobles and other important people in the imperial chamber. What would they be thinking when you tell them what you had said to Lord Garithos, especially as you were a Perenolde? And you didn’t even know if he had even mentioned that in his report. And then what about Thrall himself, could what you answer cause the Alliance to double down on hunting him?

“Prince Alric, could you also answer what you think about keeping Thrall imprisoned for life and forced to fight as a gladiator? Is that the right thing to do?” Tirion Fordring asked and raised his head off the scrolls and notes.

You had feared that they would ask that question and you didn’t really know what to say.

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>>5280879


>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>A good fighter that could pose a threat to Lordaeron if he was to find the orcs that are still free in the wilds. A threat to the security of the whole region and beyond.
>A single orc in the wilds poses no real threat as there are still numerous Blackrock and Warsong orcs hidden in the mountains and wilds. One orc does not tip the balance to them.
>Other, write in.

Choose one:
>Yes, for Thrall is an orc and the place for the orcs are the camps and cells where they are locked away and incapable of causing anymore harm.
>Decline to answer as it is not your duty to decide the fate of the orcs.
>No, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.

QM: Please vote for both and I shouldn't have to say, but this is a big vote. Some will like the answers, some will hate the answers. And you can cancel that worry, life was just awfully busy so it took me an extra day to find time for the update.

Speak of the devil and he shall appear, good to see ya.

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.

Say something along the lines of:
>"I don't know much about the orcs or their horde or the war against them. All of the pain, the sorrow, the struggle of that war were distant to me. But.... What I do know, is being judged for things you did not do. Being held responsible for crimes you did not commit. Of being denied the things which are rightfully yours, your birthright. All because of blood and politics. That, I fullheartedly believe, is a most grave injustice."
Making it personal to us makes a much more compelling case.

>>5280884
>A good fighter that could pose a threat to Lordaeron if he was to find the orcs that are still free in the wilds. A threat to the security of the whole region and beyond.
>Yes, for Thrall is an orc and the place for the orcs are the camps and cells where they are locked away and incapable of causing anymore harm.

>>5280926
It is a very bad idea to compare ourselves to Orcs.

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>Yes, for Thrall is an orc and the place for the orcs are the camps and cells where they are locked away and incapable of causing anymore harm.
Just treat thrall as an exeption not the rule considering alric really doesnt have any reason to beleave otherwise

>>5280931
Eh, my intention was just a mix of alledging ignorance and taking shots at the alliance. The comparison being valid isn't asserted and I wouldn't want it to be.

>>5280940
>taking shots at the alliance

We're in Lordaeron.

>>5280949
Yes, and what was said was entirely reasonable and was already, in different words, stated to them previously.

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>No, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.
I wouldn’t make a direct comparison between Alric and Thrall as that probably would go too far, but I would definitively raise the fact that it is inhuman to be imprisoned for your whole life and we can feel sympathy to anyone who has suffered because of what their fathers have done. We can agree that Lord Blackmoore tried to get something out of the orcs, but imprisoning for life is where we draw a line. It is just way too inhuman.

We should preface what we say that by being a Perenolde, whatever we say about orcs will be seen through the actions of our father. We are either orclovers or attempting to kiss ass. Mentioning that might get them to see what we say differently as they would be forced to realise their potential bias before judging us.

>>5280956
Agreed with all except the imprisonment for life part, it's a rather limpwristed argument to me. Either he committed a wrong and life imprisonment is the just punishment or he didn't and therefore deserves no punishment.

>>5280973
Now did Thrall do anything wrong? Someone who has been living their whole life in a cell? Or are his crimes just what other orcs did? We can agree that attempting to gain something out of the orcs can be smart. Not to pay amends directly as amends cannot really be paid, but to work to gain something for us humans. Now is being locked in a cell for your life and being the literal thrall the way to go? Probably not.

I think people will see our point and if they don't then they will never probably see it

>>5280993
>Now did Thrall do anything wrong? Someone who has been living their whole life in a cell? Or are his crimes just what other orcs did?
Exactly my point.

>We can agree that attempting to gain something out of the orcs can be smart. Not to pay amends directly as amends cannot really be paid, but to work to gain something for us humans.
And here's where I disagree, if you think Thrall committed no wrong then how could his situation be just? Either we're talking about justice or we're talking about what's advantageous. Don't do these half measures where it's wrong but it gets money so it's kind of okay. It's either guilty or not guilty.

>>5281025
War reparations are a thing that could be applied to orcs and from that point of view putting Thrall or other orcs if they could to work to provide something for you could be argued. Attempting to get the losing side to compensate for the damages is a thing and we can agree with it.

We can do both, agreeing with attempting to get something out of the orcs, just like we have said to Garithos and disagree on the imprisonment of Thrall on the grounds of how inhumane it is.

>>5281061
>War reparations are a thing that could be applied to orcs and from that point of view putting Thrall or other orcs if they could to work to provide something for you could be argued.
Getting the orcs to pay for something they didn't do contradicts your "Now did Thrall do anything wrong? Someone who has been living their whole life in a cell? Or are his crimes just what other orcs did?" statement. It is simply not justice.

>Attempting to get the losing side to compensate for the damages is a thing and we can agree with it.
No, if we're talking about justice, no we can't. Why should they pay for something they didn't do?

>We can do both, agreeing with attempting to get something out of the orcs, just like we have said to Garithos and disagree on the imprisonment of Thrall on the grounds of how inhumane it is
No we can't, the two positions are fundamentally contradictory. It's the cause and the consequence, the crime and the punishment. If there isn't the former, there can't be the latter. And on what grounds would we object to Thrall's imprisonment if not that? You say it is inhumane but isn't it "getting something out" of him? Why wouldn't we keep him enslaved? He's paying war reparations! That's why the argument is so weak, there's no principle in it. Feels more like a cheap excuse really.

>>5280926
This has my vote

>>5280884
>A single orc in the wilds poses no real threat as there are still numerous Blackrock and Warsong orcs hidden in the mountains and wilds. One orc does not tip the balance to them.

>Decline to answer as it is not your duty to decide the fate of the orcs.

>>5280953
There's no reason for us to antagonise the Alliance. We need their approval and support.

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>No, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.
I would avoid directly comparing Alric and Thrall, especially before the Alliance. Even though Alric definitely sympathizes with Thrall given their similarities and how he has helped cover for him. It's not a good idea to outright point this out and neither is it a good idea to go back on the fact that Alric is someone who opposes such maltreatment given his own status as the rightful heir to Alterac.

Alric has own...distastes for the treatment of orcs but due to Alterac's history with orcs and his ignorance of Shamanic ways he wouldn't know of any viable alternatives. He's not stupid enough to flaunt how he really feels before the Alliance themselves. So far there are only two people who have any idea of how Alric actually feels about orcs? Alric has done a pretty good job at keeping it a closely guarded secret of his. It's not likely to come to light until Thrall emerges and Alric meets him again.

>>5281212
We will never have the approval and support of the Alliance. They hate our guts.

>>5281212
>There's no reason for us to antagonise the Alliance.
verb: cause (someone) to become hostile.
Is it really antagonizing if they're already hostile? They've always been that way, the only thing preventing them from crushing us is each other not us.

>We need their approval and support.
Yes, and pointing out their bullshit doesn't matter to them either way. Only leverage against their power will. The call out is more for everybody else watching, to set the narrative about our situation.

>>5281229
>>5281243
There are people in the Alliance who actually want to help us, such as Uther. Being insolent in the imperial chamber won't make us any friends.

>>5281268
>There are people in the Alliance who actually want to help us, such as Uther. Being insolent in the imperial chamber won't make us any friends.
adjective: showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.
I don't think pointing out how we've been treated unfairly displays a rude and arrogant lack of respect. They don't respect us, as shown by their actions, so why shouldn't we return the favor? We shouldn't outright insult them but they don't deserve our respect. People like Uther sympathize with us because we don't deserve the treatment we've received, we have the honor and the character that should merit us something better and we get treated like a pariah instead. Being a polite and innofensive princeling doesn't win us any favors with anybody.

>>5281280
>They don't respect us, as shown by their actions, so why shouldn't we return the favor?

They don't need our approval, we need their approval. We're not equals, we're at their mercy. Furthermore, being disrespectful would reflect poorly upon our ally Blackmoore, who we're here to support.

>>5281293
>They don't need our approval, we need their approval. We're not equals, we're at their mercy.
See >>5281243 "and pointing out their bullshit doesn't matter to them either way. Only leverage against their power will."

>Furthermore, being disrespectful would reflect poorly upon our ally Blackmoore, who we're here to support.
To clarify, what I mean by disrespect or lack of respect is using this definition noun: 2. due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions of others. Not the lack or disregard of propriety. Anyway, I sincerely doubt that anything we say on this specific matter would reflect badly on Blackmoore. The tribunal's problem is with Thrall's escape and, by extension, Blackmoore's security failure, not our feud with the Alliance. Going after Blackmoore for associating with us in this situation and not literally anything else about the man would be too petty even for them.

Do you have anything else?

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>While the caution surrounding the orc is understandable, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.

Arguing with semantics is imo pretty silly. I can absolutely see Alric being able to see a little of himself in Thrall's position, but is there really anything to be gained from further antagonizing the various nobles around that are various degrees of cautious and mildly hostile of us. I'd rather not garner more enemies that are more likely to be openly hostile

>>5281356
Instead I think it'd be smarter to give the impression that Alric is a bit of a bleeding heart who can still understand the thought behind the imprisonment.

>>5281268
We are not being insolent we are merely pointing out the factual rights we possess and comparisons that we feel as an honorable prince. We haven't taken the orcs' side(and have no reason until we find out about shamanism) but that doesn't mean do not see the similarities between our mutual treatments. Making this statement is important for those on the sidelines and we already covered for Blackmoor.

>>5281356
That is ultimately why Alric helps covered up Thrall's escape. He only met the orc what once? As he sees the comparisons of their mutual positions and helped destroyed the evidence. As a gesture of respect for what Thrall was going through and to protect Thrall's loved ones without crossing his own bottom line. Something that Thrall isn't likely to find out about for quite some time.

The main point is about stating our comparisons for the witnesses(Lordereon is a huge Alliance capital and there are MANY witnesses about it). So its less about the nobles and more about others who may take notice of our position and treatment. As its not just Alric who can see the comparisons between Thrall him and him. Stating it but not taking the orc's side is pointing out the biases of the Alliance which given their hostility means it's not like they are going to do anything more since this is about Blackmoor but it alerts the others who are present to notice the Alterac Royal.

Basically those who are hostile are going to be hostile to us no matter what. While those who are not may take notice of us when they may have otherwise ignored us if we point this out. It's not like not doing so is going to make the Alliance hate us any less or doing so going to make them hate us anymore.

>>5281365
I think that is the point. Alric doesn't know about shamanism so he isn't about to believe there is any other alternative option.

>>5281395
Yeah, so it's a difficult situation all in all. Still I'm opposed to making overt comparisons or showing too much sympathy for Thrall. We've worked so hard on trying to be free from our Father's reputation, I'd rather avoid making people see us as "An orclover, just like his father. Who's to say he won't follow in his father's footsteps?"

>>5280884
>Be truthful
Best be consistent, and it’s the truth to boot.

It’s tempting to go for non answer but people listening will likely in their minds substitute the less favourable option from their point of view, so better commit I suppose.
I was thinking something like this
>Orcs have been cause of great evil and some of them remain a menace through their savagery. I am not a scholar and so don’t know to what extent this nature of theirs could be changed. This spark of intelligence I mentioned might suggest it is possible, though in this case combining it with life of bondage and gladiatorial combat may be a poor combination.

I wonder if we could get them somehow to requisition Taretha as an orc specialist and so grab them from Blackmoore’s clutches…

>>5280884
>Be truthful and repeat to them what you had said to Lord Garithos. Different spark in his eyes, applaud the effort, but foolish to let him escape.
>No, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.

"As I told Lord Garithos, I've met three kinds of orcs. Demon worshippers who attack and raid from the mountains, apathetic ones who happily sit on their faeces and stare blankly in the distance, and lastly that gladiator.” You said to Sage Truthbearer and continued. “Regarding Thrall there was a spark in his eyes I hadn't seen in any of the other orcs. His eyes weren’t dull or didn’t faintly glow red, the lethargy the rest of his race is suffering from hadn’t hit him. I can applaud the efforts of Lord Blackmoore as he was able to get something out of the orc, but it was foolish for him to not expect something with seemingly near-human intellect to want to escape those conditions."

Lord Blackmoore gave you quickly the gaze of ‘what are you talking about’, but you let it slide for what you would say next would make the man very unhappy.

“I do not know much about the orcs or their Horde and the wars fought against them outside of what I have read or have been told. The pain, the sorrow, the struggle of the war are distant to me…” You spoke and knew that everyone in the room was waiting eagerly for what you would say next. “But what I do know is being judged for things you did not do. So no, no one should be responsible for the crimes done by their fathers. Being imprisoned for something you haven’t done for your whole life is not right and it is inhuman.”

Near immediately there were murmurs and talking behind you amongst the nobility as the paladins and King Terenas gave you a very curious look.

“I should have known, all Perenoldes are the same.” A voice came from behind you and you turned to see who said it.

“Decorum!” Uther said with a raised voice. “Lord Alexei, this tribunal does not concern you, so please stay quiet.”

Lord Alexei? That would explain his entourage. You had heard about the House of Barov and it seemed that the whole family had arrived to witness the event. There was his wife, two sons and their daughter next to him. The Barovs owned plenty of land around Alterac, including near Tarren Mill, but they seemed to be content at staying away.

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>>5281849

“Is that all Prince Alric?” Tirion Fordring asked you. “It is quite brave of you to say those words in this chamber.”

“Thank you Lord Tirion, but I have to speak the truth, because that might be the only chance for people to listen to what I say and believe my words.” You said to the paladin. “Regarding Thrall I have nothing else to say.”

“Thank you Prince Alric.” Lord Uther said. “We have plenty to talk about amongst us so the tribunal will have a recess.”

Having said that, the paladins and King Terenas stood up one by one and started to leave into a backroom where they would probably discuss this all. Immediately after hearing that there would be a recess, the nobles started to talk with each other about what they had just heard.

You looked around and saw Jaina and Calia. They gave you careful nods as in approving what you had said. Lord Blackmoore meanwhile was fuming and while his attempt to hide it was relatively good, you still could see it in his eyes. Finally the Barovs were looking at you, Lord Alexei with some disdain, but you weren’t sure if the others were either curious or were impressed.


>Spend the recess with Jaina and Calia. You too need a short break and what would be better than some casual chit chatting and you would get to see and talk with Jaina.
>It would be good to talk with Lord Blackmoore, because it looks like he has something to say to you. In private of course.
>You should introduce yourself to the Barovs. After all they are a powerful family in Lordaeron and Lord Alexei did interrupt the tribunal.
>Stay put. There are probably some who would like to say something to you so give them a chance to do so.
>Other, write in.

QM: Also please if you support a vote, can you also link my update too. Makes it easier to count votes and keep track of them.

>>5281852
>You should introduce yourself to the Barovs. After all they are a powerful family in Lordaeron and Lord Alexei did interrupt the tribunal.

>>5281852
>>Spend the recess with Jaina and Calia. You too need a short break and what would be better than some casual chit chatting and you would get to see and talk with Jaina.
Mini break time, deserved after all of this.
We can talk later with the Barovs (if they want to actually have a discussion), and Lord Blackmoore (he is probably going to be drunk again. But i think his position is safe, we said what we needed to say and our opinion on the existance of the camps) this night. The Barovs will not go away anytime soon, same for Blackmoore and there is a lot of time today.

>>5281852
>>It would be good to talk with Lord Blackmoore, because it looks like he has something to say to you. In private of course.

>>5281852
Uff. Well I wonder what this will lead to.

I kind of would like to catch up with the girls but I'm not sure if it's the best thing to do for us or them to approach them in setting this public.

Blackmoore will be sure to talk to us at some point whether we like it or not. To be fair right now he'd be sober at least. In fairness we did not contradict him, we just added our opinion on his plan... or at least that part of it we could see

Oh hell with it.
>Go see Jaina and Calia

>>5281852
>Stay put. There are probably some who would like to say something to you so give them a chance to do so.
Mystery box go.

>>5281852
>>You should introduce yourself to the Barovs. After all they are a powerful family in Lordaeron and Lord Alexei did interrupt the tribunal.
As much as I would like to go talk with Jaina and Calia, but Barovs are here right now and we don't know if we have another chance to really talk with them while the girls stay here.

>>5281852
I doubt we would go anywhere with the Barovs, especially with Lord Alexei right there and, as much as I like mystery boxes, I think a break would be nice right now.
>Spend the recess with Jaina and Calia. You too need a short break and what would be better than some casual chit chatting and you would get to see and talk with Jaina.

>>5281852
Well, that went a lot better than I expected, for now anyway.
>It would be good to talk with Lord Blackmoore, because it looks like he has something to say to you. In private of course.
I genuinely would want any other option, but I'm not really trusting pissed Blackmoore to not put his foot in his mouth or worse, throw us under the buss in petty revenge.

>>5281852
>Stay put. There are probably some who would like to say something to you so give them a chance to do so.
Time to see who we drew out with those words we spoke.

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You sighed deeply and felt momentarily how the weight of the situation was on your shoulders and you felt that you needed a short break. Further business in the imperial chamber would just make you irritated. So you walked to Jaina and Calia. What would be better than spending the recess with them?

“Hello Calia, hello Jaina.” You said to them as you walked over to them.

“You decided to be the talk of the day.” Jaina said with a chuckle.

“Are you surprised?” Calia asked her.

“Not a bit.” Jaina said before giving a puzzled look towards Malevus. As she hadn't seen her before.

“This is Lady Malevus, she is my squire.” You said to Jaina.

“I am still not surprised.” Jaina said with a laugh.

…

Calia had guided you out from the imperial chamber into a room that visitors and negotiators use from time to time. In the room you had just sat down on a couch, removed your chaperon and loosened the silk scarf Calia had given to you.

Jaina was talking with Malevus about how she had ended up in your service while Calia kept looking at you.

“That was awfully brave of you.” Calia said to you.

“You would have said the same if you had seen how Thrall had been living. It was not suitable, not even for an orc.” You said to her. “Jaina, have you seen the Internment Camps, the orcs inside?”

“Yeah I have visited a camp. I have seen the lethargic orcs there.” Jaina said back. “Lord Antonidas has said that the orcs are suffering from the withdrawals of the demonic energies that fueled them.”

“But Thrall wasn’t like that, he wasn’t lethargic nor felt like the Blackrock orcs I have faced.” You said and leaned forward while brushing your hair away from your eyes.

“Could it be that because of Thrall being found as a baby, he wasn’t afflicted?” Calia mused aloud.

“Maybe, now just studying it is impossible with the orc having escaped.” Jaina said back.

“That reminded me. I met Prince Kael’thas, he had something to say to you Jaina.” You said to her.

“Oh you met Kael, when did that happen?” Jaina said and was confused.

“I tried to come see you in Dalaran on my way here and I bumped into him. Prince Kael’thas said that you shouldn’t forget your hydromancy studies.” You answered.

“Kael is very serious about my studies, so thank you Alric, I can now tell him that you remembered to remind me.” Jaina said with a smile.

“Hey Alric, we have dinner later today.” Calia said to you. “You should join us.”

“I would love to, but is it with your family? Is it appropriate for me to join?” You asked.

“Nah it is all fine, you are a Prince and you are our friend.” Calia said and smiled. “It is okay, just trust me.”

Well now you know what you will be doing later tonight. But you had that nervousness inside you, a dinner with Menethil's? With King Terenas?

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>>5282670

You had continued to chitchat with Jaina and Calia about more mundane stuff and at some point the girls were probing Malevus with question after question. When Malevus told them about the training you had given her and how you had beaten her in Durnholde, both Jaina and Calia seemed horrified. How could you have done such a thing to a lady? It took both you and Malevus to explain that the training was intense on purpose.

When they realised that Malevus was okay with being beaten by you time after time during the sparring, Calia mentioned that maybe she should learn some swordsmanship to which you only replied that if she has to take up a sword, something has gone horribly wrong. After all the old saying goes ‘all that take the sword will perish with the sword’ and you wouldn't want that for Calia.

…

The recess had ended and you had returned to the imperial chamber. You had made sure that your clothes were okay and your chaperon covered your head well. The casual talking had been really helpful and you could feel that you were ready for round two of the questioning.

But that wasn’t what happened as King Terenas and the paladins came back to the room and informed the audience that they had reached consensus.

“We have reached the verdict. This tribunal sees that Lord Blackmoore hasn’t been neglecting the security of the Internment Camps nor has his actions have directly led to the escape of the orc named Thrall.” Lord Uther said and continued. “But to be sure that there has not been any misuse of the tax money, the accounts and ledgers of Durnholde will be investigated by an official of the crown. The tribunal has ended.”

You watched as the paladins stood up and left the imperial chamber with King Terenas and as you were ready to turn around to go congratulate Lord Blackmoore, he had already left. Clearly he wasn’t in a hurry to talk with you right now.

Well you were relieved too. Only getting your ledgers checked seemed to be quite light compared to the potential of losing your position as the Commander of the Internment Camps. It must have been humiliating for Lord Blackmoore to come here in the first place and this smudge would remain when people would talk or write about him, but now life would continue.

Around you the nobles were exiting the imperial chamber and you couldn’t see the Barovs anymore, none of the paladins had stayed here and with Lord Blackmoore having left, you didn’t really have a reason to stay in the chamber either. The dinner would be way later today and before it you would have time to spend.


>Go find Lord Blackmoore. With the tribunal done, it would be good to talk with him.
>Find Prince Arthas, it would probably be good to talk with him.
>You feel like you need some exercise after standing around for the better part of the morning. Find a yard and spar with Malevus.
>Maybe you should spend time with Calia before dinner later today. You know she would love it as would you.
>Other, write in.

>>5282673
>Find Prince Arthas, it would probably be good to talk with him.
I want to clear the air with Blackmoore. But you know who we need to clear the air with a whole lot damn more? The heir to the mightiest kingdom this side of the continent and our neighbor, who has been collecting reasons to dislike us like they're on sale

>>5282673
>>5282741
Supporting

>>5282673
>>Find Prince Arthas, it would probably be good to talk with him.

>>5282673
>Find Prince Arthas, it would probably be good to talk with him.
This discussion will get heated in the blink of an eye, but we should try. Maybe he wants to spar against us again ? He could be a bit pissed that we won at the tournament. At the very least we would improve too, but it might calm him too.

Beyond this and talking to blackmoore after the dinner we can return home, if the tribunal is done.
I guess we can talk to people in the city if we want to recruit someone or attract settlers to Alterac. But we have the invasion prepared.

>>5282673
>>Go find Lord Blackmoore. With the tribunal done, it would be good to talk with him.

>>5282673
I’m honestly unsure who to pursue right now. I’m a bit skeptical about our chances with Arthas but it can’t hurt to try.
It’s a bit wasted opportunity to catch up with Blackmoore before he gets shitfaced again but that one will be unpleasant to deal with anyway, even though us attracting the attention likely also did its part in getting him off the hook.

Anyways, thank you for having us remember about Kael’s message OP! That was kind and merciful of you!

>go find Arthas

>>5283177
Also I wonder if we could make friends with Snoopy? I mean the tax man embedded with Blackmoore. They could be a source of insight on Alliance bureaucracy. I wouldn’t go as far as attempt to subvert them, but it might be worthwhile to have point of reference when Alterac becomes a trading hub again.

Talking with Arthas is the clear winner, but what should Alric talk about with him? What subjects or things require clearing up to clear the air between you and him? So if you have any ideas or write ins, please post them. I will then write the update tomorrow.

>>5283257

Maybe ask him what he sees as future for his people? Get a feel for what he considers the main virtue of a prince.

That we will keep working to mend tarnished honour of our nation and build Alterac that will be good home for its people and partner to its neighbors.

Also that Calia is a miracle of the universe and her smile must be protected,

And then I guess we can beat each other up in a bout of manly bonding. Although Calia won’t be happy if we both show up cut up and bruised for the dinner. Even though if we both say we fell down some stairs on the way might be comical.

>>5283257
Being an Alteraci. Confront him on his attitude towards us from our first encounter, to this days. Does it matter who we are, after what we did ? We brought the fight against gnolls, ogres, bandits, orcs and defended the innocent from them. Men can make their own legacy, even with what their families did. We and our soldiers are an example of this.

Did he not see us in some worth with our fight at the tournament ? Something to respect ? Both of us are warriors and princes, and we consider him a great warrior. Are we so unlikable that he can't our skills ? How many conversations we even had ? We can't even count them on one hand, we barely know eachother.

Let's be honest, does he have any problems with our relations ? What does he fear ? We haven't done anything wrong with them, beside talking and being friends. Why not verify it on your own, if he doesn't believe us ? Asking people we know.

What attitude he will have with us and our people, once he is King ? We are crystal clear on what we want. We want Alterac back, and restore it. The ones that calls our people filth or scum after what they suffered, will find an eagle ready for war if they want to harm our kin.

Lastly no matter how the talking goes, offer him a friendly spar. For test the growth of our martial skills and see if we had improvments from the tournament. (of course we will have our knights watching the spar if he accepts, while the conversation will be private)

>>5283343
*that he can't see our skills

>>5283257
Part of me really want to just ask him what he would do in our shoes, born to a traitor king who lead his nation to ruin and surrounded by lords that at times seem like they simply want you gone. Maybe if we do something like-

Approach Arthas, asking if he's available because we feel like we really need a talk, a private one. Then, rather than being super confrontational or beat around the bush, just get straight to the point. Ask why he seemingly hates us, actually clear the air. Caution is understandable, but it feels as if every time we've met we've been met with nothing but animosity, as if we've personally wronged him. If it really is just our heritage, then ask him what he would do. Would he simply turn himself in, leaving his people to suffer? If his kingdom faced utter collapse, would he not fight tooth and nail for the sake of his people?

"If such a time of crisis would ever come, I pray you are more fortunate than me and don't have to deal with lords breathing down your neck and looking for any opportunity to tear you to shreds at the same time. I want my kingdom restored to it's formed glory, and I want to do it with dignity... We don't have to be foes, Arthas."
or something along those lines to finish up.

I also think we really REALLY shouldn't bring up any potential relationship with his sister, only address it if he himself brings it up. This is after all between us and him, no need to get others involved.

>>5283805
yeah, you're right. I thought it might be funny but we should show more tact than that. After all he might be seething but also showed restraint in the past.

It'd really be best to keep trying to approach him in good faith anyhow, no better way.

>>5283257
>>5283805
This sounds good. Just get straight to the point and avoid mucking around.

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You knew that you would have to talk with Prince Arthas at some point and better to do it now than wait for later. If you could clear the air between you and him or at least stop the relationship with him deteriorating. Maybe two of you could have a relationship that isn’t a bad one?

You had taken note where Arthas and the paladins had gone and followed them. There were several guards who noticed your presence, but didn’t attempt to stop you as they recognized you walking past them. You hadn’t yet been in this part of the palace and ended up asking one of them where did Prince Arthas go? Thankfully the guards ended up being helpful and they guided you to where he was.

You knocked on the door and told Malevus to wait outside, before you pushed the unlocked door open.

“Prince Alric.” Arthas said to you as he was in progress of removing his armour.

“Prince Arthas.” You greeted back and gave him a gentle bow.

The room seemed to be a miniaturised armoury of some sort. Training weapons and several sets of armour lined the room with a small bookcase, desk and a chair in one corner. This place seemed to be the personal armoury of Arthas.

“Why are you here?” Arthas asked you as you closed the door behind you.

“We need to talk.” You said to him.

“Is there a need for that?” He said as he put down his pauldrons he had received in Stormwind.

“Yes, in fact we should get to the point immediately.” You said and continued. “Why do you hate me?”

Arthas seemed to be taken back by your question and he stopped unfastening his breastplate.

“Hate you?”

“Yes. Since the time we met for the first time, you have been hostile towards me. Animosity every time our paths have crossed.” You asked him.

Arthas didn’t know what to answer.

“I understand our first meeting, the son of the traitor king appearing suddenly, but haven’t I been friendful every time since then, have I ever wronged you?” You asked and continued. “Is it simply because I am an Alteraci? Or because I beat you in the tournament? Lack of something to respect? Why? Do you have any reason?”

Arthas looked at you in dismay.

“I am asking this, because this cannot continue. One day you will be a king and by then I hope I have reclaimed Alterac. What attitude will you have towards me and my people then?” You argued and continued. “Since we met I have defended the people against kobolds, gnolls, bandits, ogres and orcs. I have fought for the safety of the people of Lordaeron. I have done everything I can as a warrior and as a prince to have honour and act in a manner that leaves my legacy untarnished. Is it because I haven’t done enough? Do I have to march to Blackrock Mountain and defeat the orcs once and for all? Would that be enough to gain your respect?”

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>>5284600

“Alric, you are clearly upset.” Arthas said.

You had inadvertently raised your voice and nearly shouted at Arthas. You realised your mistake and sighed deeply and took a few deep breaths to calm yourself before you brushed your hair behind your shoulders with your both hands.

“I'm sorry Arthas, but this has bothered me for some time already.” You said back to him and you were disappointed with yourself. You shouldn’t have raised your voice, but the stiff upper lip you have had when dealing with him finally slipped.

“I don’t know.” He finally said to you. “You are an Alteraci, son of the traitor king.”

Arthas didn’t really know how to continue, but after a pause he spoke.

“For those facts only you should rot in jail, but I can’t argue against what you have done.” He said and relented.

Arthas looked down on the floor and put aside his warhammer that he ceremoniously had been carrying during the tribunal.

“Yes, in fact how suddenly you appeared. Became friends with Jaina, were the talk of the day. The Alteraci Prince who appeared and did all the things.” Arthas said to you. “Then you were invited to Stormwind, danced with my sister and took Jaina out for a date. Yes, I learned about that. And Jaina and Calia did everything they could to help you after you spoke about the Syndicate. And then on the day that was supposed to be mine and mine only, you beat me in the tournament.”

You now realised what was one of the problems between you and him. Jealousy.

“I was supposed to be the man of the day, but no it was you. I was made a paladin, but then you defeated me. Do you have any idea how that felt?” Arthas said. “ I know now that this is a stupid reason to dislike you, but think how it looks. What will others think? I am supposed to be the heir to Lordaeron, but who do the handmaids and servants talk about?”

“I guess it is me.” You said.

“You would be right.” Arthas said back.

“I think we are at an impasse.” You said and felt that no real progress was made outside of now you and Arthas knew what the issues were.

“I think we are. I don’t like you Alric and even with all the good things you have done, I still see you as a threat to the security of Lordaeron and I can’t really accept you prancing around like goddamn hero.”

It seemed that your attempt to talk with Arthas had been nearly useless and you felt that you had just wasted your time somewhat. You ended up shaking your head in disappointment.

“Are you disappointed when I spoke about how I felt? Did your questions go unanswered?” Arthas said and continued. “And I have a question for you. What is going on between you and my sister? And don’t lie to me, I have seen how she looks at you.”

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>>5284611


>There is nothing between you and Calia.
>Calia and you are friends. You became friends during your visit in Stormwind.
>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.
>You love her. Tell Arthas that you are with Calia.

QM: I would probably call this a feelings lock for the time being. That is unless Alric decides to not tell anything.

>>5284617
>>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.

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Well I missed the vote and what was decided went exactly as I would expect. Pretty funny interaction though, Arthas is just as much of a bitch as I thought he was.

>>5284617
A feelings vote? Then it would be
>You love her. Tell Arthas that you are with Calia.
But I don't think I'd like to tell Arthas that sooo... I'll just write something that would be amusing, at least to me.
>Smugly tell him "Oh? You suspect we're an item or something? Heh... Would you tattle on us to your dad if we were? It would be just like you, more skilled with gossip than with steel."

>>5284617
>>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.
>>You love her. Tell Arthas that you are with Calia.
I will vote both! I prefer going all in, but I am fine with either choice.

>>5284617
>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.

>>5284617
>Calia and you are friends. You became friends during your visit in Stormwind.

>>5284617
>confess your feeling towards Calia
Her smile fills me with joy I didn’t think possible and I will go at great lengths to see it protected.

>>5284617
>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.

>>5284617
"No Arthas you can speak how you feel and you have answered my questions, the reason I am dissapointed is because all the times i have tried to not be an enemy have failed with you. You can keep your reasons and choice, i will not force you to see a different path. Inevitably you can already imagine what will happen if this keeps going in the future."
"You really want me to be against you uh ? I hope that at least you keep to the tenets of the paladins with other people. And since I have no reason to lie, i will answer your question"

>>Confess your feelings towards Calia to Arthas. You have a crush and you find her very lovely and a nice lady.
>>You love her. Tell Arthas that you are with Calia

>>5284617
Oh yeah, as for his first question, how about something like
>"I wouldn't say I'm disappointed, more so... annoyed? I'm glad you're at least honest with me, and I'm not going to deny you your feelings or fault you for them. I hope you also won't fault me for saying that I find them to be petty."
One more thing I really want to say before we exit the conversation would be
>"I'm not trying to be a threat to Lordaeron, nor any other kingdom of the Alliance for that matter. I pray you won't burn bridges as happily as king as you have the one I've been trying to build, because you're shaping up to be its biggest threat yourself."

What do you other guys think?

>>5284950
I like the first part, the second not so much as it comes across as too condescending

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>>5284664
>>5284688
>>5284736
>>5284782
>>5284874
>>5284941
What's the point in telling this self-admitted petty and spiteful asshole that we like his sister? Is it just because he asked? What's the point in humoring him with an answer?

>>5285001
Fair, guess I just think foreshadowing is fun
>>5285066
What's the point in insulting him and suddenly acting like a smug bastard? Honesty and truthfulness is something I see as fairly central to Alric's character

>>5285146
> What's the point in insulting him and suddenly acting like a smug bastard?
I didn't say you needed to back my answer. And to answer your question, there are three reasons: 1. He deserves it 2. It's true and 3. It's funny

> Honesty and truthfulness is something I see as fairly central to Alric's character
And so do I, however, what's the point in telling that specific truth to someone like Arthas? Doesn't mean you have to lie. Just don't see why you'd give that to him.

>>5285154
He's been honest on answering our question, repaying the honesty seems fair to me. If you disagree I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree.

>>5285066
It’s precisely because he admitted to being petty and that he sees value in what we do that being an asshole is uncalled for. He is showing restraint and honesty even if his emotions tell him otherwise.

Of course maybe he will try to punch us if we answer honestly, but there’s no reason to antagonize him further over what seems to be at least token effort on his part.

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>>5285158
> He's been honest on answering our question
So what?

> repaying the honesty seems fair to me.
Why? He was honest in telling us that he's petty and he hates us so he deserves to know such a potentially damaging fact like we love/ are in a relationship with Caila?

> If you disagree I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Duh, we can't do anything but that in an internet argument when at an impasse. Unless you're a retard who likes to fling shit which I don't think either of us are.

>>5285162
> It’s precisely because he admitted to being petty and that he sees value in what we do that being an asshole is uncalled for. He is showing restraint and honesty even if his emotions tell him otherwise.
I really don't see the good in being honest about being petty, spiteful and vindictive. Acknowledging that you're a bad person isn't virtuous on it's own.

> Of course maybe he will try to punch us if we answer honestly, but there’s no reason to antagonize him further over what seems to be at least token effort on his part.
Token effort? Didn't seem like it to me, he didn't even take time to digest our questions or hesitate in answering them. Instead it seemed like he was perfectly aware that he had no good reason to hate and antagonize us but still did it anyway. How does that merit anything but contempt?

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>>5285174
Ughhh why do I only spot typos after I post... im not deleting it fuck it.

>>5285066
i want to see his reaction honestly. Having the truth slamming right in his face. Like that.
If he tries something we are more than ready anyway, we had already yesterday dealing with Blackmoore drunk antics for be ready. And honestly what he is going to do ? Say we are a liar ? Close her in a tower lol ?
This said if he wants to shitfling after our answer, we can use your write in would fit really well if he starts to offend us might even shut him up. Like if he starts being a dick further, Alric can answer back and then leave him here being jelly.
Thinking about it we will need to deal with Blackmoore drunk antics later. I hope he doesn't want to insult us more, because the next bottle he drinks is going to remain stuck in his skull.

>>5285174
>I really don't see the good in being honest about being petty, spiteful and vindictive. Acknowledging that you're a bad person isn't virtuous on it's own.
Actually, it is. Certainly much more so compared to alternative of not even recognizing this as something negative.
That he is willing to admit to us his shortcomings even if he is not prepared to fix them is a good thing.

I know some people that could use being half as good as Arthas was being in that conversation alone.

>>5285187
> And honestly what he is going to do ? Say we are a liar ? Close her in a tower lol ?
Do exactly what I said. Tell his dad and start a massive shitstorm.

>>5285191
> Actually, it is.
No, no it isn't.

> Certainly much more so compared to alternative of not even recognizing this as something negative.
In practical terms, acknowledging you're a terrible person is good because only through recognizing your faults can you change them. Thing is, recognizing what you're doing is bad but still doing it anyway is morally worse than if you didn't. You know you're wrong, you know you shouldn't do it, you know you don't have to do it you know you can stop it but you still do it anyway. How is that not even more evil?

> I know some people that could use being half as good as Arthas was being in that conversation alone.
In regards to honesty, yeah so do I.

>>5285202
Feeling certain way is not something you choose and you are not evil person for having emotions. How you act on this is where you find your morality.
And calling someone evil because he tells you he doesn't like you is ridiculous.

>>5285205
> Feeling certain way is not something you choose and you are not evil person for having emotions.
But that's not what we're talking about.

> How you act on this is where you find your morality.
Obviously.

> And calling someone evil because he tells you he doesn't like you is ridiculous.
That's not what I said.

>>5285202
uhmm that would be a little bitch move from him.

>>5284676
>>5284617

Support the write in

>>5284941
In addition to my own here

>>5285202
Can't really expect him to make a 180 face turn at a dime just because we sorta *just* forced him to confront his own emotions and reasons behind them. All we can hope for now honestly is that he might gain help from a close confidant like Uther to deal with his faults, or at least keep them in mind. imo

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>>5285221
>Can't really expect him to make a 180 face turn at a dime just because we sorta *just* forced him to confront his own emotions and reasons behind them.
As I previously said, I think he was already very well aware of his own emotions and reasons behind them. Additionally, just because I don't expect him to change his behaviour doesn't make his complacency good.

> All we can hope for now honestly is that he might gain help from a close confidant like Uther to deal with his faults, or at least keep them in mind. imo
Yes, one can hope but I won't hold my breath.

“I wouldn’t say that I am disappointed, I would say that I am annoyed.” You said to Arthas. “I’m glad that you are at least honest to me and I can’t really deny how you feel or fault you for them. But don’t fault me if I feel them to be quite petty reasons.”

You sighed and took a more relaxed stance.

“And Calia, well… I like her. She is very beautiful, she is my age, she is smart and I find her very lovely.” You said to him. “I would love to spend more time with her, but both of us have our duties and then there is the distance between us.”

Arthas was at a loss for words.

“I like her very much. What else can I say?” You said to Arthas.

He seemed dumbfounded when you said that. He either expected you to not say anything or say something completely else, but not just confess your feelings.

“You must be shitting me.” Arthas said and was bewildered.

“I am not shitting you Arthas.”

“No, why would you say that then?”

“Because you asked and I wanted to tell you the truth. Sure I could lie to you, but what would I gain in the end? Sooner or later you would most likely find out.”

Arthas didn’t really know how to react to what you had said and in the end just shook his head.

“You are with Calia?” He asked you. “Please don’t answer, I need to think. If you could please leave.”

“I understand, I will leave then.” You said and walked to the door, but before opening it you turned around and continued. “I nearly forgot. I will be joining you later today for dinner.”

Arthas just looked at you as you gave him a slight smile and left the room.

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>>5285679

You had returned to your room and you had spent the time since making sure that your finer clothes were tidy and that you were ready for the dinner. You had asked the servants to prepare a bath for you and you had just gotten out when there were several knocks on the door.

“Come in!” You shouted as you expected it to just be Malevus who had left you momentarily to attend some of her own business.

You heard as the door opened and someone stepped in.

“Oh my.” A familiar voice came.

It wasn’t Malevus who said that and as you turned around you saw who had entered the room.

Calia had walked in and saw you only in your braies and white shirt that you had put on after taking the bath. She was wearing a very beautiful grey dress that presented her figure well. You hadn’t lied to Arthas when you said that Calia was very beautiful.

“Don’t you have a dinner to prepare for?” You asked her as she walked to you and hugged you before giving you a kiss.

“Don’t worry about the dinner.” Calia said to you as she pressed her head on your neck. “I couldn’t wait any longer to see you.”

Calia hugged you tighter and it felt like you could stay like this forever. You felt her bosom and allowed your hands to slowly make their way down on her back, but this time you showed some restraint.

“But really, the dinner is very close. I need to get prepared too.” You said to her and slowly removed yourself from her embrace.

“I guess you are right.” Calia said and continued. “When are you leaving, now that the tribunal is done and you have your own things to do in Alterac?”

“It depends on Lord Blackmoore. He probably wants to leave as soon as possible and I do have my own business to deal with.” You said to her.

“Well if you aren’t in a hurry, could you please stay for a day or two? I could show you the Capital City or other places.” Calia asked you.

That was a good question, when would you be leaving? The invasion of Strahnbrad Hills was ready to be launched in two weeks after you left and it had taken you five days to travel to Capital City and this was the sixth day. If you were to take a shortcut through Gavin’s Naze, you could maybe save a day when you returned. By your calculations you would have four days free to spend in Capital City, but if you would stay the full four days, then you wouldn’t really have time to spend back home.


>You leave tomorrow or when Lord Blackmoore decides to leave.
>You leave in two days
>You leave in three days
>You leave in four days

>>5285686
>>You leave tomorrow or when Lord Blackmoore decides to leave.

We're not here for dating or sightseeing.

>>5285686
>>You leave in three days
This would leave us a day to catch up in Alterac, but most importantly a few days to spend in Capital City. We are now here so we should talk with as many people as possible.

>>5285686
Four days would be cutting it too close in case anything unexpected happened. Tomorrow would be safest and allow us the dubious benefit of talking to Blackmoore… I wonder if the taxman will travel with Blackmoore or later, if we could travel with them it could be to our benefit, but it might also look rightly suspicious. Do we even have funds to travel or are we going to have to borrow or earn something?
Another unknown is how the dinner would go.
Anyways I’d say
>two days
If we can conceivably get opportunity to visit in some reasonable time frame

>>5285686
>You leave in two days
We absolutely should spend as much time as we can, talk to as many people as we can. That said, we need to head home with some time to spare in case some sort of hindrance pops up. Besides, we should aim for getting at the bare minimum a day worth of rest to recover from the journey before we begin the invasion. I feel 2 days is the best middle ground, though I wouldn't be opposed to 3 either

>>5285686
>>You leave in two days
It s enough for do something

>>5285686
>You leave in two days
We're not in a complete hurry, nor have a whole lot of time to fuck around. Let's just stay a little bit to solve the family drama and bond, then go back to our duties.

No update today, next update tomorrow evening probably.

>>5286627
No sweat

>>5286627
np

“I will leave in two days. I can’t stay here for much longer.” You said to Calia.

“Ohh, I understand.” Calia said and seemed somewhat sad before smiling at you. “Then you need to get as much out of the two days as possible.”

“That I will have to do.” You said back. “But first I need to put on my better clothes and attend a dinner.”

Calia realised that yes in fact you were still wearing just a shirt and braies.

“You are right. I will leave now and we will send someone to come get you when the dinner is ready.” Calia said and walked to the door where she turned around to look at you once more. “Alric, see you then.”

“See you later Calia.”

…

A servant had come to pick you up later and you followed her through the hallways to the dining room near the bedrooms of the royal family. As you waited for the servant to come, you had made sure that everything was fine and tidy. You were as presentable as possible.

The door to the dining room was opened by a footman who was standing guard and you stepped in to see the royal family already sitting around the table.

“King Terenas, Queen Lianne.” You greeted the two most senior members of the royal family in the room. They were sitting at the head of the table with Arthas to their right and Calia to their left.

“Prince Alric.” King Terenas said back. “I was surprised when Calia said that she had invited you to join us.”

“Ohh dear husband, it is just good manners.” Lianne said to Terenas. “Alric is part of a royal family and a friend of Calia. It was a perfectly fine thing to do. So feel like you are at home and there is no need to be so formal. No one else is here than us.”

“Thank you, while the reason why I am here is somewhat unpleasant, everything around it has been quite pleasant.” You said to Lianne. “I intend to stay here for two more days, before I sadly have to leave back home and I hope that those days stay just as pleasant. But where do I sit and is Jaina late again?”

Arthas hadn’t said anything and just kept looking at you.

“You can sit next to Calia.” Lianne said.

“And Calia is probably late, she always is.” Calia said to you while you took the seat. “Isn’t that right Arthas, we used to joke about it.”

“Isn’t that a bit rude to joke about?” You asked half-seriously.”

“Nah it’s fine.” Calia said and waved away your concerns. “She knows it too.”

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>>5288619

Having sat down, one of the servants brought wine to the table and one by one starting from Terenas you filled your own cups. Then the door to the dining room opened.

“I am sorry.” Jaina said as she made her way to the table. She was wearing the dress she had brought from Stormwind when you went to the city with her. “Sorry for being late, I couldn’t find my comb and it took an eternity to find it.”

“We just talked about you.” Arthas said back to her and gave her a smile.

“What did you talk about me?” Jaina asked as she sat down next to Arthas and was a bit confused.

“You are always late.” Arthas said and laughed.

“Not always Arthas, just sometimes.” Jaina said somewhat sheepishly before continuing. “It is nice to see that you joined us Alric.”

“Well I was invited. It would have been rude to not come.” You answered her.

“And it would be rude for us to keep the cooks waiting, we should eat.” Lianne said to all of you.

…

You had expected a more complex dinner with many different courses, but you quickly found out that this dinner wasn’t as complex, it was more homely. As you ate the salmon soup that was brought to the table, the talking stayed very casual.

Arthas and Jaina had been riding around the countryside on the day of your arrival which was the reason why you hadn’t seen them then. They had visited farmers who had been building a new windmill and Arthas had promised that if he couldn't be personally there, he was going to send someone to bless it when it was finished.

Terenas had stayed mostly silent, just asking a few small questions as it was you, Arthas, Calia and Jaina who did most of the talking.

Jaina had asked you how the search for Thrall had gone and when you told them how close it was that he had managed to escape after being caught while you were in the Internment Camps main building, the womenfolk around the table seemed fascinated to hear more. While there really wasn’t that much to say or continue, you noticed how Arthas seemed more and more discontented longer the dinner lasted.

“The orc was in the camp when you got there?” Arthas said to you. “And you let it get away.”

“As I told you, the orc servant of the camp commander had warned Thrall and while the guards were busy lining up the orcs, he must have climbed the walls.” You explained to him again.

“But still…” Arthas was going to say something, but was interrupted by Terenas.

“The camp commander was the one who made the mistake Arthas. Even if you are a Prince, you have to follow the chain of command and honour those who you are visiting.” Terenas said and seemingly sided with you.

“Father, I understand.” Arthas said and didn’t want to argue with him.

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>>5288621

“Now Alric, I have heard that you are going to send soldiers to Strahnbrad Hills. What are you planning to do there?” Terenas asked you.

“Terenas, what have I said? No politics during the dinner.” Lianne scolded her husband.

“I am sorry my dear.” Terenas said back to her and backed down.

“What are you planning to do while you are staying here then?” Lianne then asked you.


>Answer the question King Terenas asked and explain the security threat from the bandits and others. It is important that Tarren Mill and Alterac stay as safe as possible.
>You plan on visiting the Capital City proper to see the place and how it compares to Stormwind City and what you remember from Alterac City.
>Mostly on diplomacy, you plan on seeing and visiting important people to talk with.
>Spending time with your friends, that is Jaina, Arthas and Calia. You don’t see each other as often as you would like outside of events like this.
>Other, write in.

>>5288624
>>Answer the question King Terenas asked and explain the security threat from the bandits and others. It is important that Tarren Mill and Alterac stay as safe as possible.
>>Mostly on diplomacy, you plan on seeing and visiting important people to talk with.
>>Spending time with your friends, that is Jaina, Arthas and Calia. You don’t see each other as often as you would like outside of events like this.
I think answering him doesn’t hurt us

>>5288624
>>Mostly on diplomacy, you plan on seeing and visiting important people to talk with.

>>5288624
>Although I thought I’d hurry back to my duties his majesty mentioned, I could not pass by opportunity to spend some time with friends.

Discussing the invasion might actually be worthwhile with Terenas in a private setting as clearing of the Strahnbrad might be short term headache but on grand scale a benefit to him, but I’d rather not go against queen’s wishes. Perhaps there will be time for this later.

Also if we do any diplomacy while Calia is showing us around it will be purely accidental as she’s the one who proposed the idea, it would be rude to ditch her for a practice in rectal alpinism with Barovs.

>>5288624
>>Mostly on diplomacy, you plan on seeing and visiting important people to talk with.
>>Spending time with your friends, that is Jaina, Arthas and Calia. You don’t see each other as often as you would like outside of events like this.

>>5288624
>Mostly on diplomacy, you plan on seeing and visiting important people to talk with.
>Spending time with your friends, that is Jaina, Arthas and Calia. You don’t see each other as often as you would like outside of events like this.

“Of course I want to see my friends, not that often I have a chance to see them.” You said and tilted your head towards Jaina, Arthas and Calia. “But mostly I did think about potentially meeting with people. To continue previous talks or to introduce myself to people.”

“You might know that there is a sizable group of Alteracis here in Capital City.” Terenas said to you and gained a glance from Arthas.

“I do.” You said and remembered how Normand Garside had contacted his old friends around Lordaeron in an attempt to recruit them to your cause when you made your presence known. Majority of the people he had sent letters to hadn’t answered.

“Then seeing them could be very useful to your cause.” Terenas said and continued. “Anyone else you are wishing to meet?”

Well you had some people in mind of which you had seen some watching the tribunal. You could probably fit maybe four meetings in the two days if you are lucky, but less could actually be a more optimal number. Problem was that you didn’t exactly know everyone who you would want to meet or where they were. Maybe you should tell Terenas and others now and maybe get some hints or even help. Terenas after all seemed to be in a helpful mood.


Choose four at most:
>King Terenas himself, you would like to meet with him in private.
>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.
>The bald goblin with a monocle, they are traders and mechanics. Having connections to goblins could prove useful
>The dwarf with long braided beard, they are industrious people and having better relations to Ironforge could prove useful.
>The Barovs, one of the strongest families in Lordaeron and major landowners in Hillsbrad and near Tarren Mill.
>The paladins, approaching them could allow you to learn more about them and get the Knights of the Silver Hand understand you better.
>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her whereabouts if the teacher was found?
>Other, write in.

QM: Vote of who you want to meet in the next two days that you mention now during the dinner.

>>5289511
>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.

>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her whereabouts if the teacher was found?
>King Terenas himself, you would like to meet with him in private.
3 seems fine and king terenas would take the least amount to do anyway.

>>5289511
>King Terenas himself, you would like to meet with him in private.
>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.
>The bald goblin with a monocle, they are traders and mechanics. Having connections to goblins could prove useful
>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her whereabouts if the teacher was found?
I was considering the Barovs but we can go and meet them another day, in fact since they own land near us, when we want we could simply send a messenger to them and tell them we will visit them. Paladins maybe, and dwarfs i am somewhat conflicted with them and the dark irons.

>>5289511
>King Terenas himself, you would like to meet with him in private.
>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.
>The Barovs, one of the strongest families in Lordaeron and major landowners in Hillsbrad and near Tarren Mill.
>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her
I support this, but I want to meet with Barovs now instead of waiting for later. We have a chance to do it now, why wait for later?

>>5289511
Support >>5289518 if possible. If I had to choose, I'd prioritize the King followed by the Alteraci.

>>5289511
>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.
>The Barovs, one of the strongest families in Lordaeron and major landowners in Hillsbrad and near Tarren Mill.
>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her whereabouts if the teacher was found?

>>5289511
>>King Terenas himself, you would like to meet with him in private.
>>The Alteracis in Capital City, you need to attempt to unify your people.
>>The bald goblin with a monocle, they are traders and mechanics. Having connections to goblins could prove useful
>>Your older sister Beve Perenolde had studied magic in Capital City, maybe her teacher is still in the city? You could maybe learn something about her whereabouts if the teacher was found?

I'm thorn between the goblin and the dwarf, but I think we'll have more opportunities to talk to the dwarfs later down the line.

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>>5289534
>Visiting the Barovs
I don't really want to become Baron Perenolde.

“King Terenas, I would like to speak with you in private.” You said to the old king and you got serious for a moment.

“That can be arranged Prince Alric.” King Terenas said back to you and was just as serious. “Not tomorrow, but the day after.”

“Thank you King Terenas.” You couldn’t help, but smile a bit. This was something you were after, a meeting like this could end up being really useful to you. “And meeting the Alteracis living here is also part of my plans. They are part of my people and I am their Prince.”

“Are you trying to get them to move back to Alterac?” Arthas asked you.

“I can’t force them.” You said back to him. “It wouldn’t be right to make them move to Alterac, but if I could get them to support me...”

“They wouldn’t support your brother.” Jaina interrupted you.

“You are right Jaina.” You said and took a sip of the wine you had been drinking. “Speaking of my family, and I hadn’t really thought about it, but my sister studied magic here.”

“I remember when you spoke about her.” Jaina said. “Studied here instead of in Dalaran?”

“Beve Perenolde, I remember her. Blond hair, serious brown eyes?” Lianne mused aloud. “She visited us once when she was just a little girl.”

“You are both right. Beve studied magic here as Alterac and Dalaran haven’t really had that good relationship even before the Second War.” You told them and continued. “I haven’t heard anything about my sister since I left Alterac and maybe, and I am reaching here, if I could find her teacher, maybe I could learn something about her whereabouts.”

“Finding the teacher is something in which we can be of help.” Terenas said to you.

“Thank you.” You said and gave him a respectful nod. You thought about mentioning the Barovs or the bald goblin you had seen during the tribunal, but opted to not do so. If you have time, then maybe you could meet with either of them. But now you would have your hands full with the things you mentioned.

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>>5290786

The talks had moved away from the more serious stuff back into casual small talk. All of you had drunk a few goblets of wine and the cooks had served you fresh apple pie as the dessert and as you dug into your piece, Arthas decided to speak.

“Father, the thing we talked about last week, I have decided what I will do.”

“Oh, please tell us.” Terenas said.

“I spoke with Jaina and asked if it was possible and she said yes. I will be moving to Dalaran for the autumn to study history and politics.” Arthas said and seemed happy.

“That is a fine decision.” Terenas said.

“Oh, that is wonderful. Dalaran is such a nice place and not far from home either.” Lianne said. “It is good to be away from home for a moment when you are young.”

Both Terenas and Lianne looked like a pair of proud parents, but you had the feeling of them being proud for different reasons.

Arthas then gave you a small smirk and even a blind man would have understood the meaning behind it. Going to Dalaran for studying was just a reason to have an opportunity to court Jaina. Did Arthas think that telling the news with you being present would make you mad or feel bad? Did he do it now because you had told him about your feelings about Calia or because you like Jaina and she likes you?

“If I had the time to go to Dalaran to study, I wouldn’t miss the chance.” You said back to Arthas and kept your stiff upper lip.

“That is really cool! You are going to have so much fun in Dalaran.” Calia said and was practically beaming with happiness. “When are you leaving?”

“In two weeks.” Arthas said.

“Then we need to have a sendoff party.” Calia said back to him.

“That is settled then.” Lianne said to Calia and continued. “But it is late now and we all have things to do tomorrow. You kids should go to sleep.”

“I will send someone to you next morning with the information where the Alteracis and your sister’s teacher are located in the city.” Terenas said as he stood up from the table. “I hope to hear about your talks when we meet.”

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>>5290787

After Terenas had left, so did Lianna with Arthas and Jaina following right behind them. And as you were ready to go, Calia insisted that she would escort you back to your room.

As you walked through the now empty hallways, you found yourself holding Calia’s hand and when you opened the door to your room and turned around to say good night to her, Calia hugged you and pushed you gently into your room before closing the door behind her.

Now in private two of you embraced each other. There was no kissing or anything else, just two people with deep feelings enjoying the presence of each other. It had been difficult to not constantly look at her during the dinner and now you just wanted to cherish this moment and be like this forever. Calia being there, feeling her next to you, her sweet scent, seeing her blue-green eyes, it was all so intoxicating and you hadn’t felt anything like this before. Was this how being in love felt? Because if it was, you wanted to be in love.

Having lost the track of time, you finally loosened your hug enough so that you could talk with her.

“We should go to sleep because tomorrow is a long day and you wanted to show me the city.” You said to Calia and continued. “There will be plenty of walking ahead.”

“You are right Alric, but can’t we stay like this for a bit longer?” Calia said back to you. “Could we go to the city tomorrow with just the two of us? I often visit the city alone and I know that it is a safe place to be.”

No escorts? That didn’t feel right, but if Calia says that the city is safe, maybe you should trust her? Still it would be smart to not stick out like a sore thumb, maybe get two of you some cloaks? Escorts would be nice to have just in case and it would make the visits more official, but is it required?


>You trust Calia so when she says that the city is safe, just go there with her, but have plain clothes and wear cloaks just in case. Don’t proclaim your presence.
>Have a small escort with you. Better to be armed and noticeable. It keeps unwanted people away.
>Full entourage of your knights to escort you. You aren’t taking chances and these are diplomatic visits after all.
>Other, write in.

>>5290788
That went much better than it could have. Good for you Arthas, hopefully this will give you some good things to keep you warm inside.

Hmm… I really do trust Calia but I’m not sure how hazardous exposing her like this might be. And Malevus even though she is an elf is rather not suited for ninja business.
Maybe consult plans with her and we can only pick up escort if we go somewhere where risk is non-negligible?

>>5290788
>>You trust Calia so when she says that the city is safe, just go there with her, but have plain clothes and wear cloaks just in case. Don’t proclaim your presence.

>>5290788
>Warn Calia about how rough the Alteraci diaspora was in Southshore unless perhaps she already knows what the Alteraci in her city are like. If she insist after that then-
>You trust Calia so when she says that the city is safe, just go there with her, but have plain clothes and wear cloaks just in case. Don’t proclaim your presence.
>>5290795
Here's hoping being around his old friend (and let's be real, crush) will make him feel more secure and maybe rub off some sympathy on him. Kinda childish to try and use this like he's 'one-upping' us

>>5290788
>>You trust Calia so when she says that the city is safe, just go there with her, but have plain clothes and wear cloaks just in case. Don’t proclaim your presence.
Good for Arthas, maybe Alrics presence gave him enough courage to approach Jaina.

I think we can trust Calia and if something happens, we aren’t that bad of a fighter.

>>5290148
Don't worry about it. In character Alric just knows the Barovs as they exist now and not what they become later. Contacting people that powerful could prove useful.

>>5290788
>>Have a small escort with you. Better to be armed and noticeable. It keeps unwanted people away.
I know that, but Alric has risked his life many times Calia. He has a target on his back no matter how secure is a place, so for avoid yet another attempt some security is needed

>>5290788
>>Have a small escort with you. Better to be armed and noticeable. It keeps unwanted people away.

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“Alright, we can go to the city together.” You said to Calia. “But I have to warn you, the Alteracis in Southshore, they were the poorest people in the city. Some of them were just a step away from banditry. But if you say you know the city, then I trust you.”

“Thank you for the concern Alric, but we should be fine.” Calia said to you and smiled.

“But we still should wear plain looking clothes, like the ones you had when we met in the garden. And cloaks, we shouldn’t forget them.” You said to her. “Just in case and what would people say if they recognized you walking in the city with me?”

“That is a good point.” Calia said to you. “I will come get you tomorrow morning.”

Calia gave you a kiss as she left your embrace and walked to the door where she turned around and looked at you.

“Good night Alric.”

“Good night Calia, sweet dreams.”

The taste of her kiss lingered on your lips as you watched her leave your room. When the door closed and you went to lock it, you knew that tomorrow would be a long day. It was time to sleep.

…

The next morning you quickly ate your breakfast and as you were preparing for the day in the city, a servant brought a small roll of paper with two addresses. First was the Alteracis or at least where their nominal leader was living and the second was the address of your sister's magic teacher. King Terenas had said that he would help you and you had received said help quite fast.

You first thought about putting on your normal leather jacket, but instead decided to wear your arming jacket and partially wear your armour. Breastplate with faulds and your bascinet without the visor made you look like a normal mercenary or a soldier without you having to wear any more armour, especially when you threw your cloak on and pulled the hood over your head.

Then you just waited till Calia would come to pick you up.

…

Some time later there was a knock on the door and you went to open it to see if Calia had arrived.

“Good morning Alric.” Taretha said to you. “Why are you wearing armour? Not even all of it?”

“Good morning Taretha and not for that important reason really.” You said to her. “How are you? How is Blackmoore?”

“I am fine, thanks for asking.” Taretha said. “And he is nursing a really bad hangover.”

Some things hadn’t changed.

“He wants to leave the Capital City as fast as possible and the ship leaves this afternoon. I came to ask you as I or Blackmoore didn’t see you after the tribunal that are you joining us?” Taretha asked you.

“I am not, I will stay here for a few days before I leave. I need to meet and talk with people.” You explained to her. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be. I will be fine and so will Blackmoore when he realises that nothing has changed for him.” Taretha said to you. “But good luck Alric, I wish whatever meetings you have go well.”

“Thanks Taretha.” You said to her as she was leaving.

“Alric, just call me Tari.” She said with a smile and left.

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>>5291371

It didn’t take long for Calia to arrive. She was wearing the same blue dress and white apron that she had when you met her in the garden. Over them she just had a light brown cloak and if you didn’t know who she was, you could think that she was just a normal peasant.

“Good morning Calia.” You said. “I could mistake you for one of the peasant girls back home, except for one thing.”

“What would it be Alric?” Calia asked and didn’t really know what to expect.

“None of them are as beautiful as you are.”

Calia groaned after having heard that.

“Not a good one?” You carefully asked her already knowing the answer.

“Not a good one at all.” Calia said with a laugh and now it was your turn to groan, to that she just laughed. “Good morning Alric, are we ready to go?”

“Yeah, I am ready to go.” You said back as you regained your composure.


>Visit the Alteracis of Capital City first. Talking to them could take time so better to start with it.
>Find the magic teacher of your sister first. Finding the right place could be difficult and enough time should be given to that.
>Let Calia show the Capital City to you first. You aren’t exactly in a hurry and you can spend some time with Calia first.
>Other, write in

QM: Choose what to do first, who to visit?

>>5291382
>>Visit the Alteracis of Capital City first. Talking to them could take time so better to start with it.

>>5291382
Let’s try to find the teacher first as this is a thing that might be done incognito, once we talk to our diaspora we will have attracted attention of many, possibly including syndicate. In fact we could arrange to have our men nearby, like in a specific tavern or so, in case things go haywire, before we go see the diaspora.

>>5291382
>>Find the magic teacher of your sister first. Finding the right place could be difficult and enough time should be given to that.

>>5291382
>>Find the magic teacher of your sister first. Finding the right place could be difficult and enough time should be given to that.

Magic teacher wins. Give me an event roll.


>1d10
>Best of three

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>5291971
bad roll get

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>5291971
That was a bad roll. So watch this!

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>5291971
good roll get?

>>5292042
not bad, nice save

You allowed Calia to guide you through the palace as she knew the hallways and places where there weren’t that many servants. You avoided the guards and slipped through the same backdoor you entered the palace and in just a few moments you found yourself walking the backstreets near the harbour. There two of you put on your hoods and started to make your way into the city proper.

When Calia asked who to visit first, you showed her the paper that you had received and told her that the magic teacher should be found first. Finding the Alteracis is probably easier, but finding the teacher could take time. Calia agreed and she seemed to know the direction to go in the city. While the exact location of the house was a mystery, thankfully Capital City had signs everywhere. Navigating through the streets would be quite easy.

As you walked through the Capital City, you noted how old some of the houses and structures were. You knew how ancient the city was, but it did impress or even surprise you a bit how old some places looked like. The old stone walls were joined by newer constructions, a lot of thought had been put in the sewage by the amount of sewer grates you saw, the streets were straight and wide enough for horse carts to go both ways. Capital City was a very impressive city.

The city was full of people and no one in the crowd noticed or paid attention to two young people walking through the streets while holding hands. You hadn’t really noticed when you started holding Calia’s hand, but if less people paid attention to you, then it was the right thing to do. And in the end it was really nice to walk like this with Calia.

…

>6

You allowed Calia to take the lead as she read the signs. Finding the correct street and house took you to a residential quarter of the city with dozens if not hundreds of tall houses.

It took you a while and you had to ask directions from a few locals where exactly the house was, but in the end after searching and backtracking your steps a bit, you and Calia stood in the front of an extremely mundane looking house with many floors. If the teacher lived here, then the house from the outside didn’t differ from the neighbouring houses at all.

“Are you sure this is the right place?” You asked Calia as you were somewhat sceptical.

“It should be the right house. The number on the wall matches the address on the paper.” She said and shrugged.

“Well let’s find out.” You said and walked to the door.

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>>5292174

You knocked on the door several times and stepped back to wait for someone to come to open the door. Nothing happened for a moment and you went to knock on the door for a second time.

Then for a third time.

And for the fourth time.

“Alric, I don’t think the teacher is at home and people are starting to give us weird looks.” Calia whispered to you.

But you were adamant to meet this teacher and you went to knock on the door for the fifth time, the door opened and nearly hit your head.

“Go away, I won't take visitors.” Old man with a face full of wrinkles and a one big mole huffed.

As he tried to close the door, you put your boot between it and the frame.

“I would like to know about your former student.” You said to him and a small part of you expected to be turned into a newt for disrespecting a wizard.

“I don’t tell you a bit. That is confidential between me and them.” The old man said and confirmed offhand that he was a teacher.

“It is my sister, I know she studied here and I haven’t seen her in years. I am trying to find her.” You told him. “Blonde hair, brown eyes, way older than me.”

That seemed to get a reaction from him and it seemed that he realised who you were talking about.

“Go away.” The old man said and attempted to close the door again.

“Would it help if I said that I was Alric Perenolde.” You said to him and in an instant the old man stopped attempting to crush your boot with the door.

“Then get in.” He said and pushed the door open allowing you and Calia to step inside.

The first floor of the house was a mess. All sorts of things ranging from papers, scrolls, clothing and pure rubbish littered the house. It was clear that the old man hadn’t done any cleaning in his house for a while.

“Take a seat somewhere.” The old man said and continued. “I’m Tristen Yeardley, a wizard and the teacher of Beve.”

The old wizard sat down on a stool. He didn’t look like a wizard, there was no staff, fancy clothes or robes. If he was a wizard from Dalaran or elsewhere, he didn’t look like one. But you knew Eligius and he didn’t exactly look like a wizard either. Still it seemed that he knew Beve, so maybe he knows something that could be useful to you?


>Keep the questions simple and on point about Beve. Sooner you get the answers, sooner you will leave the wizard alone.
>Ask detailed questions about Beve, try to learn everything you can about her and try to get the wizard to answer all of your questions as well as he can.
>The wizard Yeardley has caught your interest, ask questions about him. Why was he so reluctant to open the door and answer these questions?
>You find the wizard sketchy, ask for some proof that the man is a wizard and that he taught Beve.
>Other, write in.

>>5292179
>>Ask detailed questions about Beve, try to learn everything you can about her and try to get the wizard to answer all of your questions as well as he can.

>>5292179
>Keep the questions simple and on point about Beve. Sooner you get the answers, sooner you will leave the wizard alone.
>The wizard Yeardley has caught your interest, ask questions about him. Why was he so reluctant to open the door and answer these questions?
The wizard doesn’t like that you are here, there must be a some reason why? So keep things short and quick.

>>5292179
Ask when he last saw Beve and if he has any idea where she might be
also ask about his circumstances, maybe we could help him somehow? I mean he was Beve's teacher, then again we don't know much anything about him yet.

>>5292179
>>Ask detailed questions about Beve, try to learn everything you can about her and try to get the wizard to answer all of your questions as well as he can.
>>The wizard Yeardley has caught your interest, ask questions about him. Why was he so reluctant to open the door and answer these questions?

>>5292179
>You find the wizard sketchy, ask for some proof that the man is a wizard and that he taught Beve.

“Pleasure to meet you Master Yeardley, I am Prince Alric Perenolde.” You introduced yourself properly and gave the old man a bow before taking a stool for yourself. “As I said, I am here because I want to learn more about the whereabouts of my sister and you were her teacher years ago.”

“Aye, years ago.” Yeardley said and scratched his short stubble.

“So when was the last time you saw Beve? Did she come here, or did you see her elsewhere?”

“Maybe a year since Alterac fell. Your sister appeared on my doorstep just like you. She told me that she was here to collect her remaining belongings.”

“And what did she take?”

“Just a few books, some magical instruments and ingredients. Nothing major.”

“Then what did Beve do next?”

“She said goodbye and left.”

“Left? Just like that and you haven’t seen her since?” You asked him as there must have been more than just that.

“Aye, I was glad that I didn’t see any Perenoldes till you appeared here. You know the Second War and all.” Yeardley didn’t like you, that was clear.

“Do you remember anything Beve said or mentioned when she came here? Anything that could be useful?”

“Nah, just that… she was in a hurry.” Yeardley said and scratched his chin again. “Nothing else comes to my mind.”

The old wizard wasn’t that big of a help. It had been eight years since Beve visited his former teacher and in eight years a lot could have happened. Still you were one step closer to her than before.

“Do you have any idea where she could be right now? Did she mention anything before the war?”

“No.” Yeardley said. “I would tell you if it made you go away faster, but either I don’t remember or she never said anything.”

You wouldn’t probably get much more out of the old wizard, but one thing did puzzle you a bit.

“Why didn’t you want to talk about Beve before I said who I was?” You asked the old wizard and you noticed the briefest moment where he became alert of your question. Yeardley scratched his chin with his left hand and rubbed the wrist with his free hand. That question seemed to hit the mark.

“She did tell me one thing. “Yeardley said.

“What was it?”

“If she was to hear that someone had asked for her and I had talked. She would make sure that I would die.” Yeardley said to you.

“Beve threatened to kill you?”

“With a snap of a finger.” Yeardley replied and snapped his own. “She could turn me inside out.”

Hearing that was a shock. Everything Yeardley had said there conflicted with the Beve you remembered from your childhood. The serious, but always loving older sister, was she capable of doing that?

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