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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186076: Dec 14th 2015 at 7:50:19 PM

No one does anymore. But when I was there... her name was Zelras Raikre.

edited 14th Dec '15 7:50:28 PM by ramuf

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#186077: Dec 14th 2015 at 7:58:05 PM

Once I did.

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Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#186078: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:00:38 PM

Which was that?

dead devotion
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186079: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:04:51 PM

...Was she a monarch, or a different type of politician?

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186080: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:07:15 PM

She was neither. Zelras was a former career military woman who was appointed Superintendent of Internal Security of Kejlras a few years after she retired.

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186082: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:09:56 PM

The Superintendent chooses a council of advisers when they are appointed. When the Superintendent resigns or dies or is expelled, their council chooses the next Superintendent, then they retire as well.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186083: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:11:48 PM

So a Superintendent has to be careful when they pick their advisors. Otherwise, that may cause the entire system to collapse.

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186084: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:14:03 PM

There is little reason for the council to do so, but yes, it has to be a careful thing.

Upheaving the system would bring the rest of the government against them. The military would not have it, and neither would the civil service.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186085: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:17:16 PM

That's what happens with sudden upheaval, isn't it? Even if the army isn't independent from the ruler.

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186086: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:20:14 PM

Ultimately, the fleet commanders in orbit control their vessels. If they want to hold an unruly government hostage, they can. But they never have, nor have they needed to.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186087: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:21:25 PM

Because they're enough of a hanging blade?

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186088: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:24:11 PM

They usually have their hands full with keeping tabs on the fleets of the other states. Internal politics is not their highest priority.

And- well, sticking to the established order and cooperating is how Rasites work.

edited 14th Dec '15 8:24:52 PM by ramuf

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186089: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:24:56 PM

Is war against other states frequent in your world?

edited 14th Dec '15 8:25:22 PM by foxmccloud4387

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186090: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:31:56 PM

It is very rare. The only war that has happened in the past half-millennium was about... eighty years before I was born. The southern continents, Aairla and Tharak, became distrustful of Kejlras's growing power and influence. They tried to check our hegemony by invading our island, but they did not get very far. They pressed into the southernmost districts, but they did not get close to the heart of the city.

The Rasite military fought them to a draw and then pushed them off the island. They tried a second invasion, but that failed, and the war was over. It was very unpopular with everyone, especially the Old Man in the Ice. He had not been seen in public for hundreds of years, but it drew him out of his solitude.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186091: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:35:42 PM

(isn't going to comment on this confirmation that she seems to be an Yralan)

Was this "Old Man in the Ice" on anyone's side?

WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#186092: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:35:50 PM

-Listens to Archer and Dot talk to take his mind off things-

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186093: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:38:42 PM

The Old Man in the Ice was on the side of all Yralans. He apparently sought the betterment and advancement of all of us as a whole, favoring no one, not even his home city of Kejlras. He was a shadowy sort, and his influence was never overt. From what I read, he had a hand in every government in the world, and the ear of every leader. He moderated the peace talks at the end of that war, as well. He was supposed to have made sure that Kejlras did not punish the south, and that the south did not take a chunk of Kejlras's land.

edited 14th Dec '15 8:38:54 PM by ramuf

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186094: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:45:58 PM

So, in a way, he always sought out the most optimal outcome for as many Yralans as possible.

WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#186095: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:47:41 PM

-Gets lonely and turns to the one place he knows he'll always have company-

-His swords. His swords will always want to listen to him-

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186096: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:48:15 PM

He was willing to let some die if he had to, but yes, that was something he always tried to reach towards.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186098: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:53:36 PM

As far as I am aware, he suffered the fate that all Yralans did. But I do not know for certain. My focus was elsewhere at the time.

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#186099: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:56:02 PM

...Hm.

(is still leaning against said wall, and has been this whole time)

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#186100: Dec 14th 2015 at 8:59:07 PM

He was a very noble man in my time. It is a tragic thing that he is probably gone.

But... I believe he was once a powerful warlock. To some, that would disqualify him from being honored.


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