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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 5695709" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p><strong>Flint Chamber Council Room, Praetorium, Balic</strong></p><p></p><p>Darian Haraxes smiled as a relatively disheveled-looking Kar Jerrek walked into the council chambers, followed by his brother and the assassin in his employ. He had been sure to give Jerrek just enough time to have <em>just</em> fallen asleep - he had waited until Jerrek's slave woman left - when Haraxes sent a slave of his own to summon his fellow Praetor to council.</p><p></p><p>Haraxes glanced across the small chamber at the other Praetors and their staffs. His gaze stopped at Praetor Emantus, who nodded back at him.</p><p></p><p>Haraxes stood. "Now that everyone has arrived we can begin our discussion. First, I would like to raise the matter of the Veiled Alliance. As I'm sure you all know, these unsanctioned arcane terrorists have become more and more brazen in the last few months. There was that incident in the market a month ago that had us hanging a dozen people a day for weeks. Then, recently, I uncovered a plot to use a play as a ruse to subvert our loyal subjects."</p><p></p><p>He smiled, watching out of the corner of his eye as Kar sat bolt upright, the anger flaring in the young Praetor's eyes betraying his carefully controlled expression of easy attentiveness.</p><p></p><p>"Thanks to my efforts to contain it, the subversives were eliminated, though unfortunately Praetors Jerrek and Sandstone allowed their leaders to escape. Of course, Sandstone is mostly focused on his efforts to keep the inhuman inhabitants of the city in-check and Jerrek is so very new, you can almost forgive their inability to apprehend the fugitive pair of actors I sent them capture."</p><p></p><p>Sandstone continued picking his teeth as though he hadn't been listening while Jerrek's eyes burned with hate even as that faint smile returned to Jerrek's face.</p><p></p><p>Jerrek stood and bowed to the chamber. "I'm just grateful that I, in my very first weeks as Praetor, was able to be of benefit in any small way."</p><p></p><p>Haraxes smiled at him patronizingly and nodded, then continued as Jerrek took his seat again. "It is my recommendation to this council that the leader of this Veiled Alliance Troupe should be the primary focus of our efforts to contain the Veiled Alliance in the upcoming weeks as she has some minor illusion magics at her command and seems to have been the primary brains behind their cell." He nodded to Ementius.</p><p></p><p>As he sat, he stole a quick glance over at Jerrek. The Praetor's eyes were cold, distant, calculating. Ementius took the floor and talked for a while about the Reese-Arvos financial dispute that had been going on for two weeks now and was on the verge of escalating out of control. Haraxes was just glad he had already made an excuse for himself of the Veiled Alliance troubles and wouldn't have to deal with that particular mess.</p><p></p><p>Ementius and a couple of the other Praetors began to debate the issue while Jerrek quietly excused himself and slipped away. The young Praetor's brother didn't even attempt to follow custom or etiquette, following his brother out the door without even a glance at the other assembled Praetors.</p><p></p><p><em>That should put them in their place for a while,</em> Haraxes thought as he watched them depart. <em>I still don't know how that </em>Mul<em> was ever allowed to be a Praetor, even a third-rate Praetor. And Jerrek is far too ambitious and a tad too capable - especially with his brother at his side and Dephincal at his back. Sandstone might not be a savvy political animal, but he does have that unambitious competency that could be put to supporting Jerrek's inevitable schemes. I'll have to be careful with them - they might be weak enough yet to be controllable and exploitable, but if they get too popular, too dug in, achieve too much too soon... well, there's time yet to figure out what to do with them.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>Thoughts of Jerrek and Sandstone faded, replaced by troubled thoughts of that absurdly powerful Veiled Alliance witch, Barrenyche, that Jerrek and Sandstone had stirred up. Who knew what she was going to try next?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 5695709, member: 60965"] [B]Flint Chamber Council Room, Praetorium, Balic[/B] Darian Haraxes smiled as a relatively disheveled-looking Kar Jerrek walked into the council chambers, followed by his brother and the assassin in his employ. He had been sure to give Jerrek just enough time to have [I]just[/I] fallen asleep - he had waited until Jerrek's slave woman left - when Haraxes sent a slave of his own to summon his fellow Praetor to council. Haraxes glanced across the small chamber at the other Praetors and their staffs. His gaze stopped at Praetor Emantus, who nodded back at him. Haraxes stood. "Now that everyone has arrived we can begin our discussion. First, I would like to raise the matter of the Veiled Alliance. As I'm sure you all know, these unsanctioned arcane terrorists have become more and more brazen in the last few months. There was that incident in the market a month ago that had us hanging a dozen people a day for weeks. Then, recently, I uncovered a plot to use a play as a ruse to subvert our loyal subjects." He smiled, watching out of the corner of his eye as Kar sat bolt upright, the anger flaring in the young Praetor's eyes betraying his carefully controlled expression of easy attentiveness. "Thanks to my efforts to contain it, the subversives were eliminated, though unfortunately Praetors Jerrek and Sandstone allowed their leaders to escape. Of course, Sandstone is mostly focused on his efforts to keep the inhuman inhabitants of the city in-check and Jerrek is so very new, you can almost forgive their inability to apprehend the fugitive pair of actors I sent them capture." Sandstone continued picking his teeth as though he hadn't been listening while Jerrek's eyes burned with hate even as that faint smile returned to Jerrek's face. Jerrek stood and bowed to the chamber. "I'm just grateful that I, in my very first weeks as Praetor, was able to be of benefit in any small way." Haraxes smiled at him patronizingly and nodded, then continued as Jerrek took his seat again. "It is my recommendation to this council that the leader of this Veiled Alliance Troupe should be the primary focus of our efforts to contain the Veiled Alliance in the upcoming weeks as she has some minor illusion magics at her command and seems to have been the primary brains behind their cell." He nodded to Ementius. As he sat, he stole a quick glance over at Jerrek. The Praetor's eyes were cold, distant, calculating. Ementius took the floor and talked for a while about the Reese-Arvos financial dispute that had been going on for two weeks now and was on the verge of escalating out of control. Haraxes was just glad he had already made an excuse for himself of the Veiled Alliance troubles and wouldn't have to deal with that particular mess. Ementius and a couple of the other Praetors began to debate the issue while Jerrek quietly excused himself and slipped away. The young Praetor's brother didn't even attempt to follow custom or etiquette, following his brother out the door without even a glance at the other assembled Praetors. [I]That should put them in their place for a while,[/I] Haraxes thought as he watched them depart. [I]I still don't know how that [/I]Mul[I] was ever allowed to be a Praetor, even a third-rate Praetor. And Jerrek is far too ambitious and a tad too capable - especially with his brother at his side and Dephincal at his back. Sandstone might not be a savvy political animal, but he does have that unambitious competency that could be put to supporting Jerrek's inevitable schemes. I'll have to be careful with them - they might be weak enough yet to be controllable and exploitable, but if they get too popular, too dug in, achieve too much too soon... well, there's time yet to figure out what to do with them. [/I]Thoughts of Jerrek and Sandstone faded, replaced by troubled thoughts of that absurdly powerful Veiled Alliance witch, Barrenyche, that Jerrek and Sandstone had stirred up. Who knew what she was going to try next? [/QUOTE]
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