04-26-2018, 12:04 PM
hold me in this wild, wild world
'cause in your warmth I forget how cold it can be
'cause in your warmth I forget how cold it can be
Though most good leaders (like parents) will deny ever playing favorites amongst their underlings, Brennen would be hard-pressed to deny a growing affection, close if not equal to that he feels for his own sons and daughters, for the young stallion who lands at his side. It’s beyond the general affection that he harbors for all of the Brotherhood, and certainly is shaping up to make Trekori a favorite of his. Not without reason! Kori is hard-working, intelligent, and has the youthful exhuberance that endears the bay warrior to most young people on top of that. He returns the boy’s touch with a quick nudge of his own and a flash of a truer smile than the polite one he offers to the diplomats, and then turns to the visitors to hear her introduce herself and the stallion, and cautiously inquire about the changes in Ischia.
”Well,” he responds and if he can’t quite contain the dry humor tinting his drawl, who can blame him? ”You’ve come to the right place, then, because that would be me.” Brennen has his doubts about whether that is truly a surprise to them, word having had plenty of time to spread from their new arrivals (plus he has doubts about the ability of Klaudius or Durotan to keep their feelings to themselves) but he’s willing to play along. The fact that Warrick sent a polite and at least superficially impartial envoy to assess the situation weighs the King’s opinion of his counterpart on the favorable side. ”Ischia was languishing uselessly under Krone’s hooves, and those who have made their home here choose me to lead us into a new era. The Brotherhood reigns here now, open to any mare or stallion willing to pledge themselves to our creed and our people.”
A sticking point, amongst those who are unhappy with the change and are looking for reasons to throw a fit about it. They get stuck on the term ‘Brotherhood’ as being addressed to men only, as if it can’t be a general term for all of them. ‘Siblinghood’ and ‘Fratrihood’ just sound stupid, so they’ve chosen to stick with Brotherhood, just as it seems quite likely that Nerine will stick with Sisterhood. The part of Brennen that is focused ruthlessly on leading his Brothers into a bright future says good riddance to any who can’t stop and listen to their purpose and creed, even while another part of him he has shoved into a dark corner regrets the pain he’s caused to Krone. But - she could have stayed in Ischia and been welcomed into the Brotherhood, if the Island meant more to her than her own crown and pride. Since it hadn’t, Brennen-the-King cannot afford to waste his pity on her; that is a task for Brennen-not-the-King in the dark of sleepless nights.
”Am I right to assume that Warrick is still the Overseer in Tephra?” Amongst the other things he had given himself a crash-course in through the help of what rumors and intelligence he could gather in his well-established guise as a relatively socially inept warrior was the current rulers of the other Kingdoms and their preferred or common titles. Warrick the Overseer of Tephra, Solace the Caretaker of Hyaline, Hestia the Queen of Nerine, Lepis the Child-Queen of Loess, and Sabra the Queen of Sylva. He knows Solace and Hestia personally, even now flicks a glance towards the channel and then the sky, keeping an eye out for the return of envoys to Sylva and Loess. A pause for her answer and then he adds, ”Ischia holds Nerine as our sister-Kingdom, but we are open to discussing relationships of some nature with others as long as they do not bring us into conflict with our vows to the sisterhood.”
And with that, the floor is open to anything Wound or Kori have to say.
”Well,” he responds and if he can’t quite contain the dry humor tinting his drawl, who can blame him? ”You’ve come to the right place, then, because that would be me.” Brennen has his doubts about whether that is truly a surprise to them, word having had plenty of time to spread from their new arrivals (plus he has doubts about the ability of Klaudius or Durotan to keep their feelings to themselves) but he’s willing to play along. The fact that Warrick sent a polite and at least superficially impartial envoy to assess the situation weighs the King’s opinion of his counterpart on the favorable side. ”Ischia was languishing uselessly under Krone’s hooves, and those who have made their home here choose me to lead us into a new era. The Brotherhood reigns here now, open to any mare or stallion willing to pledge themselves to our creed and our people.”
A sticking point, amongst those who are unhappy with the change and are looking for reasons to throw a fit about it. They get stuck on the term ‘Brotherhood’ as being addressed to men only, as if it can’t be a general term for all of them. ‘Siblinghood’ and ‘Fratrihood’ just sound stupid, so they’ve chosen to stick with Brotherhood, just as it seems quite likely that Nerine will stick with Sisterhood. The part of Brennen that is focused ruthlessly on leading his Brothers into a bright future says good riddance to any who can’t stop and listen to their purpose and creed, even while another part of him he has shoved into a dark corner regrets the pain he’s caused to Krone. But - she could have stayed in Ischia and been welcomed into the Brotherhood, if the Island meant more to her than her own crown and pride. Since it hadn’t, Brennen-the-King cannot afford to waste his pity on her; that is a task for Brennen-not-the-King in the dark of sleepless nights.
”Am I right to assume that Warrick is still the Overseer in Tephra?” Amongst the other things he had given himself a crash-course in through the help of what rumors and intelligence he could gather in his well-established guise as a relatively socially inept warrior was the current rulers of the other Kingdoms and their preferred or common titles. Warrick the Overseer of Tephra, Solace the Caretaker of Hyaline, Hestia the Queen of Nerine, Lepis the Child-Queen of Loess, and Sabra the Queen of Sylva. He knows Solace and Hestia personally, even now flicks a glance towards the channel and then the sky, keeping an eye out for the return of envoys to Sylva and Loess. A pause for her answer and then he adds, ”Ischia holds Nerine as our sister-Kingdom, but we are open to discussing relationships of some nature with others as long as they do not bring us into conflict with our vows to the sisterhood.”
And with that, the floor is open to anything Wound or Kori have to say.
hold me in this wild, wild world
and in your heat I feel how cold it can get
and in your heat I feel how cold it can get
BRENNEN