(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.

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[allconsumed]

If you treated your people like sacrificial pawns, then you got exactly what you deserved. Ruling with that kind of mindset is as unforgivable as anything.

Anyone that's willing to kill for their beliefs should be ready to die for them, too. You're pathetic if you can't accept that.

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[decisiveconquest]

You are mistaken; my enemy treated them as sacrificial pawns. I merely called her bluff with my Dragon.

(And she slaughtered tens of thousands.)

Where did I say I didn't accept that?

[allconsumed]

I'm reading between the lines. I doubt you'd be posing all these questions if you've really accepted what happened to you. But I don't care if I'm wrong or not, honestly.

A ruler can't do anything to help once they're dead, but they can't do any more harm, either. So I'm guessing someone must have thought you were better off dead. Think of it as a necessary sacrifice if that makes you feel better.

[decisiveconquest]

A necessary sacrifice for what? Did he want the throne? I was willing to share it with him. Did he consider me so morally corrupt that I was beyond saving? That seems more likely, yet what I did was partially for him. I wanted to keep him and my men alive.