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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidhc O Casain" data-source="post: 3770231" data-attributes="member: 29558">An Audience w/ the Queen“I know you must be wondering where all this is going.Through studies of the remains my father discovered, and through experimentation on my own, I have come to the realization that I have the CéaDaoine blood, and am able perform the Cuibhreach.  I also know that where there is enough of the Laoch in a person, I am able to force that blood to awaken.  In the four years since I came to possess that knowledge, I have been scouring the countryside to collect to my service all of those with sufficient Laoch blood that I am able to find.  This is for two reasons:First, I would make those who possess such blood aware of the danger to themselves. There are certainly others of the CéaDaoine out there, ones who would not scruple to force the awakening of the Laoch, and then bond them against their will.  I now believe that such a one ensnared your friend Deasaigh in the mines two years ago.Second, I would offer those who wish it the opportunity to bond with me, along with a promise.  I will never use the Cuibhreach for compulsion, or force the bond.  Those who bond with me will always be welcome to sever that bond so that they may bond with another, or so that they may simply be free for awhile before they are taken by the Tnúth.  To my knowledge, once a Laoch is bonded that bond may not be broken except by the CéaDaoine who holds it, so bonding with me would protect the one bonded from being forced to bond with another.I am now offering each of you the opportunity to awaken the Laoch blood that resides within you, and to complete the Cuibhreach and bond with me.  The disadvantages – the fact that I could compel you to action, the fact that the nature of the bond would compel you to consider my best welfare in all your actions and choices whether I will it or no, and the fact that once the Laoch is awakened you must bond or waste away and die, are offset by a dramatic increase in your physical toughness and your ability to resist seductions or mental attacks and by the ability to occasionally boost your abilities beyond the human.Please understand that you are under no compulsion whatsoever from me in this regard.  You have sworn service to me, and I am content with this.  My gratitude for your trust in me and my opinion of you will in no way diminish should you refuse.  You also will receive no special consideration if you choose to be awakened – in fact, I will not hesitate to use you the harder for the good of the realm, but never will I compel you to such service.  You will always have the same choice as all, to sever your service to me and return to civilian life.  In such a case, I would of course leave the Cuibhreach in place to protect you from the depredations of other CéaDaoine without my scruples.The majority of those in my service do not possess the Laoch blood, and of those who do some have refused to awaken it.  However, there are some few scattered throughout the different areas of service to me who are awakened and bonded.Do you have any questions?  I wish to make sure you are fully informed of the consequences of your decision before you make it.”</blockquote>

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