Letting out a deep sigh of disappointment, Koval shook his head as Henrik sank back into his chair. In truth, a small part of Koval had hoped that Henrik would rise to his challenge, so that he could offer his support to the man. But it was made fully clear to him now, this was not the man to lead the Kingdom. Koval desired not the throne himself, but he would not see the sovereignty of the Nordic people undone by the inaction of a weak King.

[i]”…you are right to accuse me of concern regarding the Gothran. We should all see what is brooding to the east, and be concerned. You, most of all, as Jarl of Tyr. But rather than ride out and meet this threat, cutting it off before it can become truly powerful, you wish simply to wait and see. You speak of strength, yet you are unwilling to demonstrate it.”[/i]

Imploring his fellow Jarls for a moment as he glances to each of them, Koval looks back to Henrik again. [i]“You do a disservice to your people if you do not think that they can rise to meet that which faces them.”[/i] With that, Koval looks to Otrygg. [i]“I offer my services to the Jarlsmoot to serve as their King, if they would so choose. I will see done, what Beron failed to. I will see secure our borders, and I will see our enemies conquered.”[/i]