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id="str_political_philosophy_lord_1_1_for_lord_1_1"
text="{=MoAKmXDv}We're of a very old family that has done great service to the Empire. But I'll tell you something - a man, whatever his bloodline, is only as good as his honor and his obediance to the law. " />
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id="str_political_philosophy_lord_1_1_for_lord_1_1_b"
text="{=Cx2FCePF}The Senate chooses the Emperor. That is our law. It has been twisted, broken, or ignored for 100 years. But it has never been changed. Without law, without fealty to the written word, there is but tyranny and the mob." />
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id="str_political_philosophy_lord_1_1_for_lord_1_1_c"
text="{=uJeoa6u1}Senators understand the law. If a man does not understand the law, no matter how much money he has, he cannot enter the senate. I respect our soldiers but they cannot govern. If I win this war, I will reestablish the Senate's authority over the emperor." /> Lucon's philosophy
I am fighting not for myself, but because this empire went wrong, and I am going to turn it back to how it should be.
From the birth of our empire until only 100 years ago, the Senate chose the emperor. The Senate could remove him. Any emperor who went against the Senate was a tyrant.
One hundred years ago, the emperors stopped going before the Senate, and started naming their heirs themselves. The Senate was weak at the time. We acquiesced, so as not to split the empire, but we never accepted. Nor did we have the right, even if we had wanted, to sign away a right and a duty given to us by the Heavens.
You have seen what happened in the past 100 years: we have had some good emperors, some bad ones, and some lunatics. A strong Senate is the only reliable barrier both against tyranny
Arenicos was a good emperor, all told. But if he indeed named Rhagaea his heir, and that is not just a lie, it shows that even the best of men may be seized by madness. The daughter of the former Padishah? How do we know she won't just serve us to her people on a plate.
People like Gario hate the Senate, calling it corrupt and that it blocks any change. He would have the army proclaim the emperor. Gario is a scoundrel, but I will do him the honor of taking his proposal seriously. I respect our men; I would even call them heroes. But they are easily enough swayed by a ration of free wine and a good speech. Letting them choose the emperor is the rule of the mob.
If I win this war, I will reestablish the Senate's authority over the emperor.
(people think a strong emperor who can do whatever he wants makes a strong state. opposite is true. must be sure never to lose an army.) NO - WOMEN CAN JOIN THE SENATE
NO - SOLDIERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED PENSION BY THE STATE
NO - FOREIGNERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BECOME CITIZENS
NO - SLAVES SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY THEIR FREEDOM
YES - SENATE SHOULD NOMINATE THE EMPEROR <!-- lucon vs apys -->
<!--string id="LRS_lord_1_1_re_lord_1_9" text="{=bsZbjQza}Men such as him, who have no regard for the majesty of imperial law, are a disgrace upon the Senate. Years ago, when he was a magistrate, he let it be known that whoever paid him the highest bribe should win any judgement that came before him. When I learned of this, I filed a prosecution against him, and won it, banning him from further office for a period of several years. In my opinion, he should have been hanged."> Mentor: "Lucon sees us weak, when we were once strong, and the outer kingdoms strong, when they were once weak. He believes, as a man who cares nothing of events outside the Empire, that the cause is entirely within ourselves - we have abandoned our old traditions, and grown weaker. It does not occur for him for an instant that barbarians have learned our tricks, and grown stronger. " |
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<!--Lucon, head of aristocratic faction of empire 1 STEVEDIDFACE --> <!-- Lucon should be older, over 60, and gaunt, ideally with a stoic's beard and a short Roman-style haircut --> name="{=CLqPbdiZ}Lucon"
age="62"
voice="curt"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord" id="Oligarchic"
value="1" />
<!-- Lucon's wife. Traditional matriarch, benevolent--> name="{=wbLqHvjE}Zerosica"
age="52"
voice="curt"
default_group="Cavalry"
is_hero="true"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"
<!-- Ascyron, Lucon's heir, Sulla type. More enthusiastic than father. Switch with Apys? --> name="{=rGuYLmez}Ascyron"
age="28"
voice="earnest"
is_hero="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"
default_group="Cavalry"
<!--Lucon's daughter, conventional aristocratic maiden STEVEDIDFACE -->
<NPCCharacter
id="lord_1_31"
name="{=AccBcEIt}Zoana"
age="20"
voice="earnest"
is_hero="true"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord"
Wife of Ascyron vvv name="{=zFPc7VEO}Decantia"
default_group="Cavalry"
age="19"
voice="earnest"
is_hero="true"
is_female="true"
culture="Culture.empire"
occupation="Lord" |
