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<blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 2825841" data-attributes="member: 9626"><p><strong>Mesion Excerpt #2: Letter to Prime Minister Sadine Preston</strong></p><p></p><p>And, now that we have the details of Fra Dane covered, I can share another excerpt with you. The final pre-Story Hour excerpts will be posted tomorrow, followed as soon as possible by the official beginning!</p><p></p><p>Letter to Prime Minister Sadine Preston</p><p></p><p> As usual, what should be Fra Dane’s happiest day, the day of the Prosperity Parade, has been mired by the incessant complaints and outright hatred towards some of our city’s most loyal and important citizens. I’m sure nobody was surprised to once again see the Achieve Entertainment Center, perhaps the most respected source of entertainment and culture on Mesion, surrounded by protesters and even violent anarchists. But you can count me among those who nonetheless remain disappointed by these actions and the annual proposals among the more foolish members of the nobility who actually agree with these protests.</p><p></p><p> I respect your wisdom and decisions since your inauguration as prime minister, and I realize you have ruled against these proposals every year, but I feel it is my civic duty to assert my support in favor the current laws. After all, the protests and overt crimes committed by Wrejid and other enemies of our city-state get more brazen and desperate with every year, deluding some citizens into believing their movement is gaining strength or the support of the people, a delusion I want to ensure you is totally baseless.</p><p></p><p> I would like to address the typical two justifications these hoodlums use to defend their crimes. The first is the city’s laws regarding dangerous species like the warforged, shifters, other “new” races, and even primitive humanoids like orcs and goblins. The protesters are against our city’s policy that these creatures are required to wear identifying symbols while in the city and are limited in their use of weapons and employment. The protests claim these beings are being mistreated unfairly with these laws, a claim that is completely nonsensical. Certainly, I understand their concerns. Our city, like all enlightened ones in our day, are aware of the dangers of placing one species above another, and our laws guarantee the rights of humans, elves, dwarves, the other civilized races that have existed throughout Mesion’s history, and even most of the recently discovered lost races. But to assume that races bred for the sole purpose of warfare deserve these same rights is foolish.</p><p></p><p> Much as we try to deny it, warforged, shifters, and the older races like orcs and goblins are not like us. The recently created races like warforged and shifters may try to live normal lives, and often they may succeed, but at their most basic, instinctive level, their primary functions are to fight and kill. What else could they be? The celestials and fiends, and thus the gods themselves who the outsiders serve, created them for the Godfield War to be perfect weapons. They were not meant to live in peaceful societies, and to even let them in our city is risk enough. Give them total freedom, and we’ll be surrounded by thousands of Wrejids; unrestrained killers who can be set off by any of myriad possible stimuli. And the primitive races are no better, despite their age. In fact, ask yourself; in the countless years since Mesion’s forming, during which we humans and other races constantly built new civilizations, why did the primitive races never establish their own societies? Instead, they exist to ravage our own societies, as living tests the gods provided us with. Some may argue that Durrackrej, the recently established city of primitive humanoids, proves that they can form stable societies. I ask those who argue this, however, have they ever actually set foot in the place? A city is more than a few buildings. It’s a willful attempt to create order and a safe, prosperous haven for its people. Drej, as the place is so eloquently nicknamed, is little more than an anarchic hovel. And the same thing will happen to Fra Dane if we give them the right to alter our culture without limitation.</p><p></p><p> As to the so called slavery that Achieve practices, I offer not even the slightest sympathies towards its critics. They expect us to respect and honor the rights of monsters? Where would the limits for such sympathies be? If a mind flayer enters the city, should we cautiously wait until it eats someone’s brain before responding? Are beholders given the benefit of the doubt? Researchers estimate that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of sentient species on this plane and beyond. It should not be our duty to determine which should be protected and which should be considered enemies. If a race wants to be given rights and protection within Fra Dane, it should demonstrate its peaceful intents first, much like the dromites, xeph, and other lost races have. Otherwise, they merely have to stay outside of Fra Dane’s limits.</p><p></p><p> I implore you, Ms. Preston, to consider my words. The last thing this city needs is to accept the foolishness of these well-intentioned but misguided protesters, and in doing so doom it to destruction. This isn’t what Revine Fra wanted. She and the other Fra Danes knew when to show diplomacy and when to use the sword, and this city must do the same.</p><p></p><p> With your regard,</p><p> Duke Nathaniel Bellor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordVyreth, post: 2825841, member: 9626"] [b]Mesion Excerpt #2: Letter to Prime Minister Sadine Preston[/b] And, now that we have the details of Fra Dane covered, I can share another excerpt with you. The final pre-Story Hour excerpts will be posted tomorrow, followed as soon as possible by the official beginning! Letter to Prime Minister Sadine Preston As usual, what should be Fra Dane’s happiest day, the day of the Prosperity Parade, has been mired by the incessant complaints and outright hatred towards some of our city’s most loyal and important citizens. I’m sure nobody was surprised to once again see the Achieve Entertainment Center, perhaps the most respected source of entertainment and culture on Mesion, surrounded by protesters and even violent anarchists. But you can count me among those who nonetheless remain disappointed by these actions and the annual proposals among the more foolish members of the nobility who actually agree with these protests. I respect your wisdom and decisions since your inauguration as prime minister, and I realize you have ruled against these proposals every year, but I feel it is my civic duty to assert my support in favor the current laws. After all, the protests and overt crimes committed by Wrejid and other enemies of our city-state get more brazen and desperate with every year, deluding some citizens into believing their movement is gaining strength or the support of the people, a delusion I want to ensure you is totally baseless. I would like to address the typical two justifications these hoodlums use to defend their crimes. The first is the city’s laws regarding dangerous species like the warforged, shifters, other “new” races, and even primitive humanoids like orcs and goblins. The protesters are against our city’s policy that these creatures are required to wear identifying symbols while in the city and are limited in their use of weapons and employment. The protests claim these beings are being mistreated unfairly with these laws, a claim that is completely nonsensical. Certainly, I understand their concerns. Our city, like all enlightened ones in our day, are aware of the dangers of placing one species above another, and our laws guarantee the rights of humans, elves, dwarves, the other civilized races that have existed throughout Mesion’s history, and even most of the recently discovered lost races. But to assume that races bred for the sole purpose of warfare deserve these same rights is foolish. Much as we try to deny it, warforged, shifters, and the older races like orcs and goblins are not like us. The recently created races like warforged and shifters may try to live normal lives, and often they may succeed, but at their most basic, instinctive level, their primary functions are to fight and kill. What else could they be? The celestials and fiends, and thus the gods themselves who the outsiders serve, created them for the Godfield War to be perfect weapons. They were not meant to live in peaceful societies, and to even let them in our city is risk enough. Give them total freedom, and we’ll be surrounded by thousands of Wrejids; unrestrained killers who can be set off by any of myriad possible stimuli. And the primitive races are no better, despite their age. In fact, ask yourself; in the countless years since Mesion’s forming, during which we humans and other races constantly built new civilizations, why did the primitive races never establish their own societies? Instead, they exist to ravage our own societies, as living tests the gods provided us with. Some may argue that Durrackrej, the recently established city of primitive humanoids, proves that they can form stable societies. I ask those who argue this, however, have they ever actually set foot in the place? A city is more than a few buildings. It’s a willful attempt to create order and a safe, prosperous haven for its people. Drej, as the place is so eloquently nicknamed, is little more than an anarchic hovel. And the same thing will happen to Fra Dane if we give them the right to alter our culture without limitation. As to the so called slavery that Achieve practices, I offer not even the slightest sympathies towards its critics. They expect us to respect and honor the rights of monsters? Where would the limits for such sympathies be? If a mind flayer enters the city, should we cautiously wait until it eats someone’s brain before responding? Are beholders given the benefit of the doubt? Researchers estimate that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of sentient species on this plane and beyond. It should not be our duty to determine which should be protected and which should be considered enemies. If a race wants to be given rights and protection within Fra Dane, it should demonstrate its peaceful intents first, much like the dromites, xeph, and other lost races have. Otherwise, they merely have to stay outside of Fra Dane’s limits. I implore you, Ms. Preston, to consider my words. The last thing this city needs is to accept the foolishness of these well-intentioned but misguided protesters, and in doing so doom it to destruction. This isn’t what Revine Fra wanted. She and the other Fra Danes knew when to show diplomacy and when to use the sword, and this city must do the same. With your regard, Duke Nathaniel Bellor [/QUOTE]
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