Diplomatic Maneuvering?

[windamierofdunan]

[A newcomer sits alone at a table in the back of the tavern, accompanied by only a small notepad and a canteen of water. Occasionally, you might find him jotting down some notes, but for the most part, he's just looking around, quietly taking in the atmosphere of this unfamiliar locale.]

"Such a lovely estate...There is nothing quite so liberating in this world as a sense of anonymity, though I suppose I ought to seek an audience with whomever is in command here, at some point."

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[latkje]

I'll get the next round. [ He smiles, briefly, and calls the waitperson over. Nash just wants a simple glass of beer. He lets Klaus order whatever he wants, since it's his potch. ]

And what brings you to this neutral territory? Hoping to catch a glimpse of the Flame Champion?

[windamierofdunan]

[To the waitstaff.] I'll have the same, thank you.

[To Nash, after they have left.] I had best not test my luck. After all, I would hardly want your first memory of me to be of some lightweight foreigner who couldn't hold his liquor without passing out or making a bloody fool of himself...Or God forbid, both!

[A small laugh at his own expense, then–]

Ah, that would be most interesting, but to be honest, I find myself most curious about just how the landscape is going to be changing out here, in the wake of this newest "Flame Champion." It is a most interesting set of circumstances, really – a rather far-reaching Harmonian invasion, before they decided to join those allied against them in order to oppose one of their bishops gone rogue, apparently. And then, prior to that, you have Knights of Zexen taking members of their own governing Council away in chains for supposed treason. If one ever needed proof that we were living in revolutionary times...

[latkje]

Revolutionary times? In Harmonia, infighting is what keeps everything the same. [ The nobles squabble, the factions attack each other, but no one ever wins, so nothing ever changes. ] But a small band of Zexen Knights arrived here the other day. And a Harmonian bishop sometime before that.

[windamierofdunan]

Indeed...Since the end of the Civil War up there, I suppose, the Temple has been able to maintain that sort of order. That's going on...what? Two centuries? Two and a half?...An impressive run, in any case.

Hm, that would be at least two separate delegations...I'm beginning to wonder if I've traipsed into the middle of some sort of international summit.

[latkje]

Nations don't measure the years like you and I, alas.

You don't count yourself a delegation?

[windamierofdunan]

Indeed...I can't even begin to imagine, centuries. Decades are daunting enough as it is...

...Ah, more of a scout, in all honesty. I bring no official terms – I've merely been sent to...get a sense of the landscape.

[latkje]

Spying, huh? [ He seems amused. ]

I can't say I'm surprised. I'm not sure there are official terms for a lot of what's been happening.