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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3259990" data-attributes="member: 3448">Yeah, Archduchess Amelia did a great job there.  The players were all very amused and pleased by this, much as Alistair was annoyed. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />----“This will work out perfectly.  By the time you have married, your grace, the block will be gone, and we don’t need to worry about any potential threats to the succession.  Her Grace the Archduchess has taken care of another problem for us before it even arose.”“But she shouldn’t have done it without asking me,” said Alistair.  “In any event, nobody else needs to know about this.  Midwife Burleytoes, we may need you to perform a similar fertility check when I marry.  Princess Kaitlyn of Stormwall seems like the most likely candidate, but we need to check out a few other possibilities first.”“You intend to marry and have an heir quickly, then.”“I have no choice.  With the stability of the Archduchy at stake, and the continuing assassination attempts…  And while we are on the subject, can you confirm paternity?”“Yes, but the courts would not accept my testimony…”“That is of no matter.  I am the Archduke.  When the time comes, we will want to confirm the Ashberry lineage, and I will be able to take any actions that may be necessary.”“Oh.  I suppose you could…”“Don’t worry.  The solutions that I would be able to use are much more humane than what lesser nobles, who don’t have my options, do when they have similar fears.”Dame Brionna cut in to the increasingly uncomfortable conversation.  “Midwife Burleytoes, we would also appreciate your advice on some matchmaking issues.”She smiled.  “One of my most pleasant duties.  Are you looking for a husband?”“No!  I have a fiance, and he may yet return…  No, I’m thinking about the Archducal family.  There are some traits we would like to cultivate in the collateral lines.”“Ah, you are trying to set up bloodlines with a specific virtue?”“Yes.  Some of the Archducal family has the sight, and we would prefer to see that it did not die out.”Midwife Burleytoes nodded.  “You’d be wanting to talk to the Order, then.  They specialize in that sort of thing.  I set up matches to make happy marriages with healthy children, but they do more advanced things.  I wonder…  His Grace’s grandmother looked into having a master breeder sent over but wasn’t in the mood to put up with them.  There was some trait that Amelia wanted preserved and was afraid was dying out.”Dame Brionna nodded.  “That would have been her considering the same issue-- trying to preserve the sight.  What do you know about this Order of breeders?”“The Order is based on Khamista.  They specialize in helping noble houses breed desirable characteristics.”“Are they aligned with the forces of good?”“I can’t say that I know for sure, but they seem good-natured.  I haven’t heard of anything to make me think they might be evil.”“Do you know hew to contact them?”“Yes.  I’ll make sure that somebody comes to call on you, Dame Brionna.”“Thank you.”</blockquote>

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