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[decisiveconquest]

I will not hide my identity nor pretend these words are not attached to me. There were men who thought I committed many wrongs before I came here. One man held me accountable and spared me nothing besides a lingering death, which leads me to my question: in your estimation, are there any crimes that are unforgivable?

What a common man or woman cannot - should not - do, a king or a queen can do for the good of their people, correct? Great sacrifices are expected in battle - in war - however do you think that a ruler's life should be forfeit for them? What good can they do if they are slain prematurely?

I can admit when I am wrong, but on this...

I don't understand.

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[decisiveconquest]

Many perish before they are ready. I wanted to put an end to murder - to crime - but apparently my murderer thought I was just more of the same.

(No, if she tells him the truth, she won't feel better. He won't feel better either. But she isn't convinced what she did was entirely wrong.)

[mcring]

Don't know that you can ever stop people from killing each other, but it would be nice

[ At least it seems like her heart's in the right place. ]

You're not the first person I've met who died and still wound up here
Kind of makes this place feel like a second chance, doesn't it?

[decisiveconquest]

I was determined to find a way. The penalty for murder would have been very harsh under my rule, for example.

(Death by dragon-fire if they were lucky.)

It does. I've been thinking about what I want to do with it. Instead of pursuing the Iron Throne and the Seven Kingdoms, maybe I can be...myself...again.

[mcring]

[ Are harsh penalties really the way to go? Ruling by fear isn't how Noctis would want to rule people, but that's a conversation for another time, maybe. ]

That actually sounds like a pretty great way to start.
The being yourself part
Not the harsh punishment thing, i mean

[ Awkward. ]

[decisiveconquest]

(She doesn't feel accepted; she doesn't feel there is anyone she can trust, so ruling harshly seems the most appealing.)

Uniting seven kingdoms isn't easy. My ancestor did so with his sister-queens and their dragons.

[mcring]

[ Gonna just ignore that "sister-queen" part. Yeah. Dragons are cool. Anyway. Her ancestor united the Seven Kingdoms, and now she died "pursuing" them. Alright, Noctis is seeing the big picture here. She wanted to win back her throne. He can't blame her for that. ]

I bet.
I wasn't looking forward to trying to unite four nations, never mind seven.
Probably the only thing harder than bringing everyone together is keeping a peace you won by force like that

[decisiveconquest]

(Targaryens have no issue with marrying brothers and sisters, which is probably what explains their mental instability.)

Force would only be necessary in the beginning. Once everyone found their place, the peace would be appreciated and upheld by every noble and peasant.

[mcring]

And that's what happened with your ancestors?

[ Obviously they lost the throne somehow, and what she's saying sure sounds like idealism more than reality. But if they had peace for thousands of years first or whatever, maybe she's right. Maybe her star works differently from Eos. And Lunatia. Would be nice. ]

[decisiveconquest]

They ruled for three hundred years. Not every Targaryen was suitable for the throne, I admit, but I would have been better.

(She had come so far and she is shocked that it ended with abrupt violence. How does she pick up the pieces? She has no idea.)