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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3237937" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>Within a couple of hours, Kit returned with a report. “The public areas of that wing have been searched thoroughly, at least a couple of months ago. I’ve asked my people to figure out when, but that will take longer. Whoever it was tried to pick the lock to Alistair’s old chamber, but the dwarven traps defeated them. They were probably trying to work surreptitiously.”</p><p></p><p>“At least they could only reach the public areas,” said Dame Brionna.</p><p></p><p>“They did make it into Alistair’s father’s room, however. It’s been picked over fairly carefully. They took a comb off his dresser and a small journal off his desk. My people guess that the journal was probably a book of his ‘successes.’”</p><p></p><p>Alistair nodded. “I knew that my father had a journal like that. I hadn’t thought to try to locate it.”</p><p></p><p>Dame Brionna looked over sharply at Alistair. “Do you keep a similar journal?”</p><p></p><p>“Of course not!” Alistair responded indignantly, carefully not even glancing at Kit. He wondered why Dame Brionna even asked in front of Kit, where only one answer was possible.</p><p></p><p>“Good. If that’s all on that report?” Dame Brionna waited for a nod from Kit. “We should also think about the administration of the Duchy of Canberry-- not the Archduchy, but just the original crown demesne. I’ve looked into it, and traditionally the title of Duke of Canberry is awarded to the second child as a non-hereditary position. Early in Her Grace the Archduchess Amelia’s reign, her younger brother held the position, but he predeceased her grace by many years. After his death, the position was vacant, with the duties executed by functionaries. I recommend that we take steps to consolidate that power back to someone with closer ties to Your Grace.”</p><p></p><p>Kit nodded. “That’s too important a position to be held by someone we don’t know.”</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps one of your siblings, your grace? It could be a way to reward a loyal sibling and strengthen their ties to you at the same time.”</p><p></p><p>“I agree,” said Alistair. “And it would have the additional benefit of making them more marriageable. We’ll want to set up politically advantageous marriages for diplomatic purposes-- for example, Gates’s sister might be a useful marriage for one of my brothers, if I marry Kaitlyn.” Alistair charged Dame Brionna with continuing her research and identifying which sibling would make the best choice.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day passed uneventfully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 3237937, member: 3448"] Within a couple of hours, Kit returned with a report. “The public areas of that wing have been searched thoroughly, at least a couple of months ago. I’ve asked my people to figure out when, but that will take longer. Whoever it was tried to pick the lock to Alistair’s old chamber, but the dwarven traps defeated them. They were probably trying to work surreptitiously.” “At least they could only reach the public areas,” said Dame Brionna. “They did make it into Alistair’s father’s room, however. It’s been picked over fairly carefully. They took a comb off his dresser and a small journal off his desk. My people guess that the journal was probably a book of his ‘successes.’” Alistair nodded. “I knew that my father had a journal like that. I hadn’t thought to try to locate it.” Dame Brionna looked over sharply at Alistair. “Do you keep a similar journal?” “Of course not!” Alistair responded indignantly, carefully not even glancing at Kit. He wondered why Dame Brionna even asked in front of Kit, where only one answer was possible. “Good. If that’s all on that report?” Dame Brionna waited for a nod from Kit. “We should also think about the administration of the Duchy of Canberry-- not the Archduchy, but just the original crown demesne. I’ve looked into it, and traditionally the title of Duke of Canberry is awarded to the second child as a non-hereditary position. Early in Her Grace the Archduchess Amelia’s reign, her younger brother held the position, but he predeceased her grace by many years. After his death, the position was vacant, with the duties executed by functionaries. I recommend that we take steps to consolidate that power back to someone with closer ties to Your Grace.” Kit nodded. “That’s too important a position to be held by someone we don’t know.” “Perhaps one of your siblings, your grace? It could be a way to reward a loyal sibling and strengthen their ties to you at the same time.” “I agree,” said Alistair. “And it would have the additional benefit of making them more marriageable. We’ll want to set up politically advantageous marriages for diplomatic purposes-- for example, Gates’s sister might be a useful marriage for one of my brothers, if I marry Kaitlyn.” Alistair charged Dame Brionna with continuing her research and identifying which sibling would make the best choice. The rest of the day passed uneventfully. [/QUOTE]
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