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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Serpenteye" data-source="post: 350945" data-attributes="member: 1492">"Harsh words, Gaheris. Rash and foolish words." Toshiro's eyes shine with barely restrained rage. "We have all failed in our duty towards the Emperor, we all share some of the responsibility for what has happened. Do you suggest that we all kill ourselves and throw the Empire into complete anarchy? That is surely what the shadowlands want us to do. Do you serve the Empire or the shadow?Chase after the children if you wish, though they are hidden from magical detection and we know nothing of where they are. Scour the earth from sunset to sunrise, pole to pole, if that is what you desire. Surely you are of little use in the company of civilised men if all you can contribute to this council is childish tantrums.Regardless of wether you find the heirs or not the Empire will surely need to be governed in the mean time. If there is no central authority to uphold the laws the Empire will be damaged, perhaps even fall apart. We need an Emperor, but if there is no suitable Emperor to be had we must surely create some sort of institution to perform the duties normally held by an Emperor. Please try to be rational, we can not afford to be divided now." As to the matter of the taint, perhaps things are not quite as bleak as I believed. Perhaps a tainted Emperor can rule without finding his every action put under suspicion by people fearful that he is falling under a dark influence. Perhaps he can overcome the evil enchantments woven into his soul and become as great an Emperor as his father. Perhaps, but in these dangerous times when magic and technology are beginning to warp and grow, when the world turns ever swifter and the enemies of the Empire are legion, would it not be wiser if we had an Emperor untouched by the shadow?"OOC:  I guess I should do my homework in the future <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />. I had no idea that there had been a tainted Emperor of Rokugan, who managed to remain in control of himself, before this time. There was one, I believe, that was tainted and fell under demonic influence. That led to a devastating civil war in the empire. Surely it was not him/her Gaheris was referring to?.</blockquote>

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