Needed: New Leader

[Kender Bard]

Ekaitz can't be the only city of evil! We need the Morilantans to bind together as best as they can to reclaim their own homeland, such as what the Anarlinans are doing.

For that, I need a Leader figure once it's established. I intend one of my NPCs to set things up, but after that, it'll be an open application for anyone who wants to play an evil Leader of New Morilanta.

[shrikeswind]

all right, I'll apply a character of mine. How would I go about doing it, though?

[Kender Bard]

For now, just a declaration will suffice.

[shrikeswind]

Okay. I declare myself an applicant with the character Frigidian as my...character. *Side-glance, shuffles off.*

[Darastrix]

I hearby declare my intent to app a character for the leader position. Booyah.

[tuo]

*raises hand* This could be interesting. ^_^ I'll sign Nissar up for this.

[Kender Bard]

Would the three candidates please post a little about their entries? Either your description or an IC little speech from the character themselves.

[tuo]

Nissar steps up before the judges(or whatever morilanta has) and starts to use his hidden mind sign in an effort to subtly shift there ability to reason to be more..acceptable of him.

"My countrymen, though we have struggled to survive after our land was destroyed by an unrighteous fool, we have come to this land to begin again. But this time, we cannot allow ourselves to be led into the same sinful existence we suffered under the leadership of the old king. We must spread our righteous teachings in how to expel evil from ourselves with the heathens of this land as well as our former neighbors..the 'Anarlians'."

He looks at some of the more prominent nobles/priests/whatever of the gathered Morilantians and attempts to focus his subtle mind shifting on them, expecting the common rabble to fall in line if they side with him.

"To do this we must find those in this land who are enlightened enough to see the truth of our ways and aid us in our efforts to create a new kingdom of Morilanta. One that will ruthlessly snuff out all those who harbor evil in there hearts and make no effort to expel it onto others. If you were to make me the figurehead upon which our new kingdom can be made I will use all of my power to make this promise of redemption reality."

[shrikeswind]

Frigidian looked down from the podium to his audience.
"So, how to begin?" He laughed lightly. "I'm a philosopher, not a public speaker. I guess I should start with my dream and build into how I plan to make it a reality. Humanity has an underlying balance of destructive and creative tendencies which determine our concept of good and evil. I dream that, one day, creativity will be unhindered by destruction. We must push forward if we are to be truly good. My life is dedicated to this belief. But we cannot push forward if we are hindered by the destructive. It is good to be creative, it is evil to be destructive. But is creativity for the sake of destruction good? I say not. Many who seem creative will use the product of their creativity to destroy. And are all who destroy evil? Not necessarily. Some who seem destructive have a creative goal in mind. The most beautiful paintings have pigments taken from something that was destroyed. All humanity can be good if it creates, but sometimes, it is impossible to create if you do not destroy. And that is a belief that carries into here: To create and further expand, we must destroy the destructive. It would seem to be a paradox if not for the fact that it is now impossible to create if we do not destroy. If ever our country is to be truly powerful, we must first destroy the destructive. Only then can we be truly creative." Frigidian cleared his throat. "But I suppose there is a question that goes unasked: What is good? And what is evil? And can one be evil in the name of good? Or good in the name of evil? We cannot be evil, as Nissar said, or we shall only find ourselves in ruin again. But what is evil? When are we evil? Nissar failed to tell us which is which and who is who. He cannot be blamed for that, but if he wishes to bring us glory, he must have a goal. But then, how can he have a goal if he has no philosophy on the difference between the two? Which is good? To destroy for creation's sake? Or to create for destruction's sake? I say it is to destroy for creation's sake. With me by your side, our country shall destroy what destroys and nurture what creates. I ask you all to say one thing, 'Frigidian is our guide.' We will never be a great nation if we have a superior king, only if we have an equal guide. I am not here to be your king and tell you what to do, only to be your guide and tell you that you should do. And so, join me, and we shall guide our great nation to pure excellence."

[Darastrix]

Lucifer takes his place to address the crowd, eyes scanning the group cooly. The pale man is dressed in black, the symbol of the eclipse sewn into the backs of his gloves. Behind the Ice/Wind, a small entourage of four men stand, their own faces carefully neutral, save a flame-haired man who is regarding the proceedings with an amused smirk.

When he speaks, he purposefully keeps his voice soft, ensuring that his audience must keep quiet and focus on listening.

"I do not know if I would call Maximillian unrighteous, but he and the others were fools, to be sure. I suppose their...passionate desire for releasing Evil was admirable, in a way. But they let it cloud their judgement when they moved to act. Look at the outcome. Our homeland lost, our people scattered among this...backwards-thinking continent. That we do have the chance to enlighten these people about the truth of Evil and the Forces' dark aspects is a boon, to be sure. The whims of the Changebringer has allowed us a valuable opportunity. And one that must not be squandered and lost in reckless zeal."

His eyes narrow slightly. "What we need now is stability in this time of turmoil. A leader who can rule with calm and patience to rebuild our decimated kingdom. It does no good at present to reach out to these ignorant Narutans en masse. Not when our own foothold in this place is so unstable.

With me in control, Morilanta will rise anew. We will serve as a glorious example to the unenlightened--the first truly righteous kingdom in this land. From there we will sow the seeds of Evil all across this continent, bringing the wise into our fold and eliminating those too blinded by the light of Love to realise the truth of our teachings. Then the eclipse will cover this land in darkness and overshadow the Sun-dancers once and for all. And Evil will at least be freed."

[Kender Bard]

And so the Morilantans decide their leader...

((Please vote!))

[shrikeswind]

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[Darastrix]

((Er, I don't think Nissar wants to end evil belief, Shrikes. Morilanta's whole philosophy revolves around the worship of Evil as a Force, as the Anarlinans worship Love. ))

[Kender Bard]

((Also, voting has begun already.))

[shrikeswind]

[[Though immaterial to the point I meant to get across, thanks for pointing that out. Read into that a bit badly.

And poopy. That would have been a pretty helpful to the voters.]]