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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 4055860" data-attributes="member: 34958">"You're right we don't look alike.  My father married a Dorinthian slave girl after my mother died, although I must admit I got along with my younger sibling well enough.  As for the stories of his possible treason, many of the emperor's advisors tried to convince us that it was true, though I sometimes doubt the emperor himself believed it otherwise he would have commanded my half-brother to appear in front of the court without his army instead of having him wait miles away.  Then the true treason was revealed to us during this rise of Festios' disease and many of the advisors were revealed to be worshippers of Festios, Oberius, and Cryon."As you answer the three questions the advisor near the emperor says, "Truth, truth, and truth"The old man smirks and says, "Well, yes.  Some truth anyway.  Now two more questions.  Your statements make it seem as if you are ignorant of the plague that has beset the Empire.  Your accent and appearance is strongly Dorinthian, and I assume you've been out in the country or farther away from our grasp instead of the urban centers we have controlled since we have lost the Dorinthian urban centers due to the plague.  So, are there still fair amounts of Dorinthians still surviving and untouched by the plague?  And do you fear that the plague will reach them all eventually regardless?"</blockquote>