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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2817719" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Two, “To Elect a King”, August 5th, 1018 1:00 P.M. </strong> </p><p></p><p>The group arrives at the Palace. The nine Lordholders are seated at a large wooded half-circle shaped table. Each Lordholder has two seats immediately behind him, with additional seats behind the Lordholdings of East, Jawlt, and Eldamar. Timothy, Mojo, Adrianna, Kruk, and Immy are among the three hundred audience members in attendance. Also in the room are a significant number of guards. Most guards have been specially hired for the meeting, and are magician rather than fighter types. The guards were recruited from off continent so as not to have allegiances to any of the leaders present. </p><p></p><p>Jawlt is first, with Lord Kindor identifying himself as the Lordholder. Immediately seated behind him are Tenbar, the Jawlt Army leader, and Waller, the Navy leader. Behind them are six other seats, with the other Jawlt Council members: Narg, Serita, Lannon, Ki-Geloryn, Sir Phillip of Curigull, and and Kindor’s security chief and former thieves guild leader Melito. </p><p></p><p>Second is the Aldorn Lordholding, with the elvan Lord Aldorn identifying himself. Seated behind him are his daughter Aldoria, and an unnamed male Elvan fighter in shiny armor. Beside him are the East Lordholding representatives, with Sir Geoffrey of Plantagenet speaking on behalf of the East Lordholding Confederation. Behind him are the representatives of the other fourteen kingdoms that comprise the confederation. </p><p></p><p>Next is the Zalpar Lordholding, with the human female Beverly of the Mages Guild speaking for the three separate groups that comprise the Lordholding‘s leadership. Behind her are the leaders of the other two groups, Sir Ashton of the Scholar’s Guild and King Telbar of the New Rockhome Dwarves. It is obvious to all assembled that Telbar is not happy with the proceedings. </p><p></p><p>King Mattan is fifth, at the spot at the center of the table, and represents the Cantage Lordholding. Behind him are his chief advisors, Lady Pamela and the monk Lady Darlene. Beside him is Lady Annette, representing the host Lordholding of Kaloon. She reads a speech reiterating that she is merely an appointed “King’s Regent” for Kaloon, granting Matthan full authority to cast the Lordholding’s vote. </p><p></p><p>Seventh is the Thenoissia Lordholding. Queen Jennifer reads the exact same speech as Annette about being a the King’s Regent and granting Matthan the authority to represent them, but then adds “However, that is superceded by this document" (which is handed to her by her elf swordsman bodyguard seated behind her alongside Prince Matthew) "signed by King Matthan in the year 1015, granting the rule of Thenossia to his son, Prince Matthew. I hereby relinquish this chair to him.” </p><p></p><p>With that she exchanges places with her five-year-old son Matthew. He takes the seat and says “I would speak on behalf of Thenossia, however this document (which is handed to him by the elf swordsman bodyguard) signed by King Matthan in the year 1013 grants full authority for all of my decisions to my mother and guardian, Queen Jennifer, until I reach the age of sixteen.” With that he and his mother exchange seats yet again. Lady Pamela is livid; apparently unaware of the first of these two mentioned documents, and that applied together they now legally give Jennifer the full leadership of the Thenossia Lordholding and its vote. </p><p></p><p>The level of tension in the room rises considerably. Eldamar is next, and the Bishop from Eldamar City reciting the same speech as Annette, naming himself as the King’s Regent and granting voting authority to Matthan based on the documents singed by the Eldamar Council in 1012 <em>(DM’s Note: This Transpired in 1991's Module #50). </em> </p><p></p><p>The five-member Eldamar Council, seated behind the Bishop, then rises in unison, and produces a document, which disputes this. They read the passage where it specifically says that they relinquish authority for the Eldamar Lordholding to Matthan for his current term of office only and that it states that the Council does not give authorization to Matthan to cast their vote for the next King. The room erupts in chaos, and their document is checked. It is compared to the same document in Matthan’s possession, which is shown to be identical. A recess is called for one of Matthan’s advisors to teleport to the city of Pirna in order to retrieve the third and final copy of this document, locked within the King’s private vault. </p><p></p><p>The third copy is obtained from the vault, and shown to be identical to the other two. The signatures of the documents are magically verified to be authentic, as is the authenticity of the King’s seal on these documents. Pamela angrily concludes that the originally prepared documents permanently giving Matthan authority over Eldamar must have been switch immediately prior to their signing in 1012. A magical scry to locate the scribe who originally prepared the documents fails to detect him. </p><p></p><p><em>(DM's Note: Obtaining original signatures on the three revised-worded documents was the initial clandestine assignment undertaken by the Silver Moon’s lower-level spin-off group, Da’Bears, conducted during a series of modules (# 69, 71, 72, & 74-78 ) played from 1993 to 1995 The replacement of the original document in Matthan’s vault with the revised one was accomplished by the higher-level Silver Moon party in Module #81“The Farnsberg Fair of 1016”.) </em> </p><p></p><p>The ninth Lordholder to speak is the unnamed monk who is leader of the Kralt Lordholder. Seated behind him are two other monks. He identifies himself by title rather than name, and asserts his authority to speak on behalf of his land. </p><p></p><p>The ballot for the next King is then cast. The votes of Jawlt and Aldorn are cast for Kindor. Next is East, where the representative states “I am authorized on behalf of the East Lordholding to cast our vote for Lord Kindor on the first ballot.” Zalpar casts its vote for Matthan. King Matthan casts votes of both Cantage and Kaloon for himself. This leaves each with three votes, as all eyes turn towards Queen Jennifer, who surprises all assembled by opting to “pass at this point in time.” Eldamar also passes. </p><p></p><p>All assembled know of the Kralt Lordholder’s distrust of both Matthan and Kindor, and expect him to cast the ballot for himself. The monk surprises everyone by casting his vote for the next King to Queen Jennifer. The room again erupts. Documentation from the Treaty of Arvandar-Terra from 912, which established the continent’s system of government, is consulted. Nowhere does it state that the leader must be of male gender, merely that the person be the Representative Leader of one of the Lordholdings. Jennifer is as shocked as anyone at this turn of events, and immediately casts Thenossia’s vote for herself. Eldamar does likewise, creating a three-way tie of three votes for each leader. A one-hour recess is called before resuming a second ballot. </p><p></p><p>During the hour there is much discussion among the various assembled groups. The party notices how irate Lady Pamela has become, although it is unclear if the target of her anger is Kindor, Jennifer, Matthan, or some combination of all of them. Jennifer’s bodyguard approaches Serita, discreetly informing her that Jennifer will contact her later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2817719, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Two, “To Elect a King”, August 5th, 1018 1:00 P.M. [/B] The group arrives at the Palace. The nine Lordholders are seated at a large wooded half-circle shaped table. Each Lordholder has two seats immediately behind him, with additional seats behind the Lordholdings of East, Jawlt, and Eldamar. Timothy, Mojo, Adrianna, Kruk, and Immy are among the three hundred audience members in attendance. Also in the room are a significant number of guards. Most guards have been specially hired for the meeting, and are magician rather than fighter types. The guards were recruited from off continent so as not to have allegiances to any of the leaders present. Jawlt is first, with Lord Kindor identifying himself as the Lordholder. Immediately seated behind him are Tenbar, the Jawlt Army leader, and Waller, the Navy leader. Behind them are six other seats, with the other Jawlt Council members: Narg, Serita, Lannon, Ki-Geloryn, Sir Phillip of Curigull, and and Kindor’s security chief and former thieves guild leader Melito. Second is the Aldorn Lordholding, with the elvan Lord Aldorn identifying himself. Seated behind him are his daughter Aldoria, and an unnamed male Elvan fighter in shiny armor. Beside him are the East Lordholding representatives, with Sir Geoffrey of Plantagenet speaking on behalf of the East Lordholding Confederation. Behind him are the representatives of the other fourteen kingdoms that comprise the confederation. Next is the Zalpar Lordholding, with the human female Beverly of the Mages Guild speaking for the three separate groups that comprise the Lordholding‘s leadership. Behind her are the leaders of the other two groups, Sir Ashton of the Scholar’s Guild and King Telbar of the New Rockhome Dwarves. It is obvious to all assembled that Telbar is not happy with the proceedings. King Mattan is fifth, at the spot at the center of the table, and represents the Cantage Lordholding. Behind him are his chief advisors, Lady Pamela and the monk Lady Darlene. Beside him is Lady Annette, representing the host Lordholding of Kaloon. She reads a speech reiterating that she is merely an appointed “King’s Regent” for Kaloon, granting Matthan full authority to cast the Lordholding’s vote. Seventh is the Thenoissia Lordholding. Queen Jennifer reads the exact same speech as Annette about being a the King’s Regent and granting Matthan the authority to represent them, but then adds “However, that is superceded by this document" (which is handed to her by her elf swordsman bodyguard seated behind her alongside Prince Matthew) "signed by King Matthan in the year 1015, granting the rule of Thenossia to his son, Prince Matthew. I hereby relinquish this chair to him.” With that she exchanges places with her five-year-old son Matthew. He takes the seat and says “I would speak on behalf of Thenossia, however this document (which is handed to him by the elf swordsman bodyguard) signed by King Matthan in the year 1013 grants full authority for all of my decisions to my mother and guardian, Queen Jennifer, until I reach the age of sixteen.” With that he and his mother exchange seats yet again. Lady Pamela is livid; apparently unaware of the first of these two mentioned documents, and that applied together they now legally give Jennifer the full leadership of the Thenossia Lordholding and its vote. The level of tension in the room rises considerably. Eldamar is next, and the Bishop from Eldamar City reciting the same speech as Annette, naming himself as the King’s Regent and granting voting authority to Matthan based on the documents singed by the Eldamar Council in 1012 [I](DM’s Note: This Transpired in 1991's Module #50). [/I] The five-member Eldamar Council, seated behind the Bishop, then rises in unison, and produces a document, which disputes this. They read the passage where it specifically says that they relinquish authority for the Eldamar Lordholding to Matthan for his current term of office only and that it states that the Council does not give authorization to Matthan to cast their vote for the next King. The room erupts in chaos, and their document is checked. It is compared to the same document in Matthan’s possession, which is shown to be identical. A recess is called for one of Matthan’s advisors to teleport to the city of Pirna in order to retrieve the third and final copy of this document, locked within the King’s private vault. The third copy is obtained from the vault, and shown to be identical to the other two. The signatures of the documents are magically verified to be authentic, as is the authenticity of the King’s seal on these documents. Pamela angrily concludes that the originally prepared documents permanently giving Matthan authority over Eldamar must have been switch immediately prior to their signing in 1012. A magical scry to locate the scribe who originally prepared the documents fails to detect him. [I](DM's Note: Obtaining original signatures on the three revised-worded documents was the initial clandestine assignment undertaken by the Silver Moon’s lower-level spin-off group, Da’Bears, conducted during a series of modules (# 69, 71, 72, & 74-78 ) played from 1993 to 1995 The replacement of the original document in Matthan’s vault with the revised one was accomplished by the higher-level Silver Moon party in Module #81“The Farnsberg Fair of 1016”.) [/I] The ninth Lordholder to speak is the unnamed monk who is leader of the Kralt Lordholder. Seated behind him are two other monks. He identifies himself by title rather than name, and asserts his authority to speak on behalf of his land. The ballot for the next King is then cast. The votes of Jawlt and Aldorn are cast for Kindor. Next is East, where the representative states “I am authorized on behalf of the East Lordholding to cast our vote for Lord Kindor on the first ballot.” Zalpar casts its vote for Matthan. King Matthan casts votes of both Cantage and Kaloon for himself. This leaves each with three votes, as all eyes turn towards Queen Jennifer, who surprises all assembled by opting to “pass at this point in time.” Eldamar also passes. All assembled know of the Kralt Lordholder’s distrust of both Matthan and Kindor, and expect him to cast the ballot for himself. The monk surprises everyone by casting his vote for the next King to Queen Jennifer. The room again erupts. Documentation from the Treaty of Arvandar-Terra from 912, which established the continent’s system of government, is consulted. Nowhere does it state that the leader must be of male gender, merely that the person be the Representative Leader of one of the Lordholdings. Jennifer is as shocked as anyone at this turn of events, and immediately casts Thenossia’s vote for herself. Eldamar does likewise, creating a three-way tie of three votes for each leader. A one-hour recess is called before resuming a second ballot. During the hour there is much discussion among the various assembled groups. The party notices how irate Lady Pamela has become, although it is unclear if the target of her anger is Kindor, Jennifer, Matthan, or some combination of all of them. Jennifer’s bodyguard approaches Serita, discreetly informing her that Jennifer will contact her later. [/QUOTE]
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