[center][h2]Words to an Audiance[/h2]
[color=a187be]King Fredricus[/color] and [color=fff200]Lord Thernous[/color] [/center]

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While the elderly man smiled at the first woman through the door, he saw a second enter behind her. He smiled at the young lady,[color=fff200] "It is good to meet you Miss Yvonne, now just find a spot and relax while the others come in."[/color] He saw his grandson and the woman beside him arm in arm. e took a deep breath, and sighed. 

Speaking under his breath Thernous said something, [color=fff200]"Boy, you take Miss Ironside somewhere comfortable, and stay quiet..."  [/color]

Finally seeing another man in the back he just chuckled a bit, seeing the man looking at himself in the mirror, before he just continued to make marks on the paper in his hands. 

Looking at the next few, Sparrow and Voltspear he marked them down as well. He looked back at the King, and nodded, [color=fff200]"I believe the other two are in the other room ready for your words." [/color]he said as he walked over to another door as he just stood by it. 

The King, just looked at all of those entering the room silently, he looked at his nephew, he looked at those who came to prior arrangements and those who are here now. He took a deep breath and slowly raised his hand, [color=a187be]"I thank you uncle, your record keeping skills are masterful. But it seems as if most are here, except for the twins in the other room."[/color]

[color=a187be]"But let us begin." [/color]He slowly moved a map out from underneath the table, and sighed as he looked down upon it. There was his kingdom, his moment in life, and small red pocks throughout it. He moved his hand over the map to flatten the wrinkles and folds in the pages, but it looked relatively freshly drawn. 

[color=a187be]“Some of you know this, but our Kingdom is fixing to be in a state of war. Our highest legislative body has determined that we have been wronged in our past, and wronged now. There are treasonous scum in our lands that wish to conspire with those in Meche to overthrow both me and our entire governing body.” [/color]

The king looked around the room after a moment and then continued, [color=a187be]“We are in the process of voting for the war, but I am deciding to be preemptive with those internal threats on the border before the vote has been decided; we need you each to travel west to the Dutchy under Lady Stritzel, she has recently become a problem, with her age, and deterioration with her mind, she seems to have wrong us, becoming traitorous, and colluding with those in Meche. This is a new development that has come to my attention, but she and someone have devised a plan to allow access into our lands unimpeded. There is more of a personal reason for some of you, and that she has kidnapped a certain bear we may all know.”[/color]

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“After that detour, your real quarter will begin, you must go to Meche, and see if you can end the war before it begins. While armies will likely still march, we are trying to keep the loss of life a minimum. There is turmoil there, a thought of revolution, traitors, and rowdy nobles overtaking those in Meche that we wish to stand beside, they are working with our own people to spread that turmoil into Kindeance and other kingdoms touching Meche. I am tasking you with ending this thought of mind, and ensuring that it doesn’t bring this world into the flames of war. I am asking you to give your life for your families, for your friends if need be, to keep our world from the brink of an all-out war of wars.”[/color] With that, he took a moment to take a deep breath and drinking water before he continued his long speech. 

[color=a187be]“With innovation, with the industrialization of nations, the next war will be grand, where armies will die in minutes if we continue to innovate the drums of war as quickly as we have, and war will expedite that process, imagine if your musket.” [/color]he said pointing at Erwin, [color=a187be]“could fire more than three times a minute, imagine if it could do twice that, or even three times in ten seconds. Imagine if the cannons on our walls fired shot that exploded like the flames of a mage. Science is overturning and bringing forth a new age where those that are elite soldiers can be cut down in a charge by men taught to fire one of those sticks of death effectively. Meche will be destroyed, it’s people slaughtered, and our armies will be ruined. While we have defenses surrounding our nation, our forts are not strong enough to withstand bombardment from these new weapons, it will be a war of attrition and mobility, not lines and honor. This will likely be the last true war of honor, where fighting men will embrace with swords in mass numbers. Unless if you all can stop this war from happening, find out what is happening in Meche, and end it somehow. Secure their throne, and our ally, or place someone on top of their throne that is loyal to us. Do what you need so that there need not be war my people. I am being honest to you, this war will drag as many people down into the earth as it can, it will be a ruination of power, and even if we win, we will lose as well in the scale of how this war is likely going to play out.” [/color]

The King took a deep breath, and sighed some, pointing at the map, and placing his hand on the western provinces, the Dutchy they are to go to, [color=a187be]“First, we will start with her, kill her, and those close to her, find those from Meche that are trying to overthrow their government and kill them, and that will give us call in war. Currently our only call is hearsay and... For those who have been apart of the band, there was another among you that was taken recently. We have his family in the other room, a certain bear... Stritzle took him, and what is happening is likely terrible to him, but save him, and start trying to unravel this conspiracy."[/color]

With the queue, Thernous opened a doorway revealing the sisters to a certain bear, [color=fff200]"This way my dears, let him finish his speech and then if you have anything to say please do." [/color]

[color=a187be]"Once that is finished, we will have a way for our nation to survive this war from the rest of the world, we will rid ourselves of a dissident. The agents from Meche’s revolution will likely flee, but, several of you have noble and landed titles, and there are still those in Meche who believe in the old ways, find them and see if we can create alliances. There are several on the way to their capital, and likely several within the capital as well, but once there, you will have to determine the best course of action, we may have a combined force to quell the unrest there, and we may find ourselves allied to Meche again in the end. I hope that we do, but for now, those within Meche are an known, treat all as an enemy unless if you have reason to believe that they will stand beside us all or our old allies there.”[/color]

The gloved kingly hand moved to several dots along major roads on the way to the capital city of Meche, and he rested his hand on the capital, [color=a187be]“You have kits, and most of you are likely able to move quickly; after this, you will have an hour before you depart on your quest. Are there any questions before you set off, is there anything you wish to say in your time of need, we are here to help your family first?"[/color] With that, the hand on the capital moved over to the twins.