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You decide to let him to one of side chambers.

The dwarves flank the door, your guards stand behind you. Domacid sits across from you at a small desk.

"Well, first of all, you must understand several faux pas that you have committed upon our kind. For some reason, despite what I heard from late Daric of Eldrican, you don't seem willing to part with money."

"Why would I?"

High King chuckles. "It's simple. We love money. You underestimate the power of coin, Emperor. Be it your human values or your inexperience in dwarven matters. I can recall deals with previous dynasties and kingdoms of these lands. Fulfilled contracts all the time, paid on time or after some decades, but never, ever, we had to indulge in revocation of our artifact."

"I propose a deal to mend the wounds between our races. You might not know that, but our metalworkers would very much like to revive and rebuild Zasitost, its iron and copper mines. Therefore you would cede these lands currently occupied by your peoples. In return, I offer that my runecrafters make a copy of The Rainbow Scepter for your dynasty. What you say, hmm? Hopefully, we can return to the earlier, more amicable relations that we had with your predecessors."

A) "That land is ours, the dwarfkind will never have it again!"
B) "This proposal isn't good enough for me. I want more!"
C) "That sound a reasonable first step to renewed friendship between us. It's a deal!"
D) "A generous dwarf, that's a first. What are you really trying to achieve?"

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You decide to raise taxes and reduce Fireblood Court's budget, just like Army's is at the moment. No loans and no edicts!


News come from the west; Elran IV has made a rather ungentlemanly move and, breaking the truce with Ogan, assaulted his lands with dwarven weapons, Fireblood machines, mercenaries and own armies, burning the camps and settlements of the nomads into ash and cinders wherever they go.


Your guards come startled, unsure what to make of the guest that just arrived at your gates. The guards say this guest and his entourage have basically appeared from under the ground. They came without an invitation, a warning or even a signal. One moment they weren't and one moment they were.

It is the High King of Dwarves, Damacid Vabaktamlol 'the Goldhand', with his entourage of eight dwarves clad in purple armor that shimmers at every move. The High King is fat, bumbling dwarf that is constantly smiling and has his impressive beard tied into four ponytails. He wears cloaks and robes, all made of delicate websilk that is dyed with most brilliant of dark blue, purple, red and bronze colors.

"The dwarven king wishes to talk with you on matters pertaining the local troubles between you and his subjects, and to work out some peaceful solution to the ongoing enmity that is unacceptable for him and his council." The gate guards say.

A) "I speak to no dwarf. Turn him away!"
B) "Fine then, let him in."

You press the maid to give up answers, and she flares up on her face.

"P-Prince Houlandin is... is sleeping with other men. A-Army officers mostly, even Spymaster's nephew... he's been doing this since, like, your Emperorship, m-my liege..."

Huuuuh. You could pretend you just didnt hear- ah, whom are we kidding here?

A) I must go deeper! I must get more answers!
B) His wife surely knows. And he's got a kid already. Let's leave it as it is.
C) Where's his dignity?! This and his insubordinance in past years gives me valid reasons to skip him in succession, right? Outta the palace wit him!!

Votes people ;v

If she wanted to stay, she would have said so v;

You cannot colonize both, you're short on credits ;v

E - Tell her she can leave with her children if she wants to, but she does not get and does not deserve an apology from us for Leath's decisions.

Oh yeh I knew I was forgetting something 'v.

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She looks infuriated by now.

"No wonder, you always make the bad decisions, Emperor! And you removed my children from being able to inherit the throne of Methiant! Did I marry leath, spend the years here, nursed the little ones, only to be discarded like this?"

You can't help but notice that she still avoids the topic of the letter.

A) "I want answers, not questions!"
B) "Apologies, it was dishonorable to intercept your letter."
C) "Your irritation is proof that you're hiding something! To dungeon with you!"

You decide to close the borders in southeast for all but most important of personages.

A week later, the letter written by Abis to Shapur of Parsia ends in your hands. She has sealed it with her personal seal.

You decide to...

A) Wave the letter in front of her eyes without a word, then tear it apart.
B) Publicly read the letter, so that all might know about her sneaky treachery!
C) Have a private talk with her about the letter.