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<blockquote data-quote="Serpenteye" data-source="post: 1489205" data-attributes="member: 1492">The Matron reads the paper, from the hands of a slave. A mirthful chuckle, barely supressed, issues from her scarred lips and she looks at the devil with a contemptuous sneer. &quot;So, I am being sued by a mongrel commoner, represented by a diabolic law-firm, before a yugoloth court in Hades? You cannot seriously believe that this &quot;cruel and uncaring&quot; court holds any jurisdiction here. The laws of Hades binds only natives to that plane and outsiders who have made ill-considered pacts with that particular part of the underworld. They are anything but universal. I am a sovereign, and though I may enter treaties and agreements I am bound only by honour and expedience. I recognize no law, besides my own and the will of the Spider Queen.&quot; &quot;Please inform the commoner that this laughable gesture, though entertaining, is completely pointless. He will get nothing from me but this piece of advise: The blame for the calamity that your establishment has recently suffered lies mainly with a group of dwarven adventurers, under the leadership of one Endur Stoneshield, and their allies. They are the ones who unleashed earth elementals in (insert name of the settlement) and caused wide-spread destruction upon both live-stock and real estate. Their alliance to the survivors of Blindenstone gave them both means and motive for their revenge upon us, and you. If you wish to sue someone, then by all means indulge your burocratic vein. But I believe that more direct measures will be required. I doubt, however, that you posess the resources for launching a successful attack against House Millithor. A failed assault would be most catastrophic for you. And thus, your pride would be better served by placing the blame on a weaker subject.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Serpenteye, post: 1489205, member: 1492"] [i] The Matron reads the paper, from the hands of a slave. A mirthful chuckle, barely supressed, issues from her scarred lips and she looks at the devil with a contemptuous sneer. [COLOR=Crimson]"So, I am being sued by a mongrel commoner, represented by a diabolic law-firm, before a yugoloth court in Hades? You cannot seriously believe that this "cruel and uncaring" court holds any jurisdiction here. The laws of Hades binds only natives to that plane and outsiders who have made ill-considered pacts with that particular part of the underworld. They are anything but universal. I am a sovereign, and though I may enter treaties and agreements I am bound only by honour and expedience. I recognize no law, besides my own and the will of the Spider Queen." "Please inform the commoner that this laughable gesture, though entertaining, is completely pointless. He will get nothing from me but this piece of advise: The blame for the calamity that your establishment has recently suffered lies mainly with a group of dwarven adventurers, under the leadership of one Endur Stoneshield, and their allies. They are the ones who unleashed earth elementals in (insert name of the settlement) and caused wide-spread destruction upon both live-stock and real estate. Their alliance to the survivors of Blindenstone gave them both means and motive for their revenge upon us, and you. If you wish to sue someone, then by all means indulge your burocratic vein. But I believe that more direct measures will be required. I doubt, however, that you posess the resources for launching a successful attack against House Millithor. A failed assault would be most catastrophic for you. And thus, your pride would be better served by placing the blame on a weaker subject."[/COLOR][/i] [/QUOTE]

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