(Text; UN: motherofdragons)

[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.

Comments

[decisiveconquest]

They thought I was becoming my father. He was called the Mad King for good reason. I admit that and I made it clear I had no intention of ruling like him. Yet I was pushed into extreme action and while I was successful in winning a war, they found my actions unforgivable.

[provenforce]

It sounds like it was a complicated situation. Did any of them try to speak with you about their fears?

[decisiveconquest]

I had no time to listen; one war was won, another laid before us. Their fears were ill-timed and ill-placed.

[provenforce]

What do you mean, another lay before you? You were under attack?

[decisiveconquest]

Yes. The queen of the usurper who stole my father's throne sought my death and the death of my children.

[provenforce]

What extreme action did you take, that made them turn against you when it sounds like a fight that needed to be fought?

[decisiveconquest]

My enemy used the citizens of the city as a shield. She expected me to back down; she expected to live another day.

I razed the city to the ground with my dragon and brought down the sky on top of her.

[provenforce]

...Did you try to find a better way first? If an enemy is using innocent lives as a shield you go around the shield.