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<blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 365930" data-attributes="member: 630">Gautier smiles and laughs.&nbsp; &quot;So many questions!&nbsp; But that is good, for as the Holy Writ says, 'The path to wisdom is a thousand words'.&nbsp; And that this Holy Emissary has met your clan first, of all the others it could have met surely shows the Divine Hand of Providence...&quot;&nbsp; He sips from a drink, then an expression of surprise slips over his face.&nbsp; He quickly takes a much larger sip.&nbsp; &quot;First as to our color--you must understand, the Faith and those who serve it travels under the hue of black, to remind us that all men labor under darkness, even we, without the Faith to guide them.&nbsp; And as to what sent me--well, madame, it was a vision, of a sort--a vision of spreading the glories of the Faith to corners of the world that had not yet experienced the chance for Salvation.&quot;&nbsp; He pauses here, and takes another sip from his drink.&nbsp; &quot;But as to what sent me the Emerald Empire, in particular--well, if you must know, I found in various manuscripts, some heathen, some of the Faith, and account of this great kingdom--by all accounts the greatest kingdom that the One has seen fit to create.&nbsp; I had hoped to win over your Emperor to the Faith, and so doing bring Salvation to thousands--nay, millions--in a single blow.&quot;&nbsp; He glances at her, a wry smile spreading over his face.&nbsp; &quot;Unless, of course, this is the legendary land of the Priest-Kings, in which case I would stand in the greatest bastion of the Faith the world has ever seen.&nbsp; Tell me, madame, is that the case?&nbsp; Is this that marvelous land, where the Servants of God do eternal battle with the Thralls of Darkness...?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhialto, post: 365930, member: 630"] Gautier smiles and laughs. "So many questions! But that is good, for as the Holy Writ says, 'The path to wisdom is a thousand words'. And that this Holy Emissary has met your clan first, of all the others it could have met surely shows the Divine Hand of Providence..." He sips from a drink, then an expression of surprise slips over his face. He quickly takes a much larger sip. "First as to our color--you must understand, the Faith and those who serve it travels under the hue of black, to remind us that all men labor under darkness, even we, without the Faith to guide them. And as to what sent me--well, [i]madame[/i], it was a vision, of a sort--a vision of spreading the glories of the Faith to corners of the world that had not yet experienced the chance for Salvation." He pauses here, and takes another sip from his drink. "But as to what sent me the Emerald Empire, in particular--well, if you must know, I found in various manuscripts, some heathen, some of the Faith, and account of this great kingdom--by all accounts the greatest kingdom that the One has seen fit to create. I had hoped to win over your Emperor to the Faith, and so doing bring Salvation to thousands--nay, millions--in a single blow." He glances at her, a wry smile spreading over his face. "Unless, of course, this is the legendary land of the Priest-Kings, in which case I would stand in the greatest bastion of the Faith the world has ever seen. Tell me, [i]madame[/i], is that the case? Is this that marvelous land, where the Servants of God do eternal battle with the Thralls of Darkness...?" [/QUOTE]

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