(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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[decisiveconquest]

I was and I did. I was betrayed before I arrived here.

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[dva_song]

Betrayed? I'm sorry to hear that. Was it by someone in your court?

[She assumed there was a court. Kings and Queens were all very Romantic like that. In stories at least.]

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[decisiveconquest]

It was by the same man I thought to make king. He found me unworthy of the throne after the city was conquered.

(Her story is less romantic, unfortunately.)

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[dva_song]

I see why such a betrayal would hurt. Did he see no way or working the problem out then? Whatever problem that there was. A conquered city?

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[decisiveconquest]

He was convinced to kill me by my enemies. They pretended to be my friends, but they wanted him on the throne instead. I suppose he thought I was a lost cause.

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[dva_song]

He sounds weak. No one is a lost cause enough to kill them. What is it you did, if I could ask, that made them so upset with you as a ruler?

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[decisiveconquest]

I killed tens of thousands of peasants. My enemy used them as a shield and I broke through them with dragon-fire.

His anger was understandable, but the war was won.

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[dva_song]

oh wow.
You killed that many people in a war? With a dragon? That's really intense.

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[decisiveconquest]

In a single day.

Yes, intense is one of the words you could use.