(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 are my people. They would have fallen under my jurisdiction as Queen.

I had hoped to define their boundaries.

[realimperfect]

If you were their queen then why the need to conquer them with a crushing blow?

Wouldn't it have been better to be more... surgical? Remove opponents of rank and power, like pulling the rot from a harvest?

[decisiveconquest]

That was for the usurper and her army. The peasants were unfortunate casualties.

How does one do that when said opponents hide themselves in an almost impenetrable fortress? Of course it wasn't impenetrable to my dragon.

[realimperfect]

I once held myself as above immigrants as well. But even those you don't consider worthwhile may surprise you, in other ways.

Patience. People are mortal, they die, eventually. Or their people, who I doubt had any choice under your 'usurper' in the first place if my estimations are correct, could have eventually killed them too. The masses will always disadvantage the few with power, eventually.

[decisiveconquest]

If the leader connects with the people, the disadvantages are far less. I wanted to walk among them - I wanted to know them. My brother did that and the people loved him for it. Since he could not be King, I wanted to give them much of what they would have had with him.

(She is always trying to make up for what was lost.)