Fort De Bellegarde - Treason!
by an NPC
Shortly after the news of Wardes' betrayal and the attempted assassination of Prince Wales, Captain Lecarde lectures his men on loyalty and integrity...
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The Captain paces along the walls of the courtyard, giving an emergency speech to the men of Fort de Bellegarde about loyalty.
"I know everyone here has heard the rumours, that an officer of the most respectable and honoured of corps, the Royal Griffin Knights... has turned traitor. I dare not confirm what I've heard, for the mere idea of disloyalty to Her Majesty is akin to disloyalty to the Founder. And disloyalty to the Founder is equal to HERESY in my books!
I stand here today to dispel all that talk. Whatever you may or may not have heard from a certain camp messenger, I want to make it clear what has indeed actually happened, to end this nonsensical speculation and rumour-mongering.
YES, Viscount Wardes of the Royal Griffin Knights has defected whilst on a diplomatic mission to Albion, making him a TRAITOROUS MONGREL!
Such an act is a violation of his oath of honour to Queen and Country! TREACHERY! THE SECOND WORST SIN ON THIS EARTH.
YES, he has thrown in his lot with the ridiculous rabble-rousers that make up Reconquista, making him not only a TRAITOR, but a HERETIC as well!
AND HERESY IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST SIN ON THIS EARTH, THUS MAKING HIM TEN TIMES AS HERETICAL!
NO, the Royal Griffin Knights have not in fact taken up arms against the Royal family!
Such a fact would be preposterous, and HERETICAL, and as the entire regiment is made up of true God-fearing men, any such talk of their apparent dissension should be regarded as HERESY. In fact, the entire regiment have sworn to hunt Wardes down like the TRAITOROUS MONGREL HE IS, making them the very opposite of heretics! PARAGONS OF VIRTUE! Truly becoming that which exemplifies our finest military traditions!
Take their example to heart, and DAMN THOSE FOOLISH REBELS. DAMN THEM AND THEIR HERETICAL TREACHERY! They can all go ahead and die in the field, because they are lost to the righteous cause of the Founder and his noble crusade!
What is more, I've heard idle speculation from some quarters, that the heir to the throne of Albion, His Royal Highness, Prince Wales, was assassinated, by the very same traitor! As I have said, this is IDLE SPECULATION. Any such preposterous musings should be laid aside for the time being, until a Royal Proclamation has been made to confirm or deny it categorically!
If this was true, then it merely confirms to us the extent of Wardes' terrible fall from grace! This was not the act of a brave, honourable warrior, no, this is the act of a craven fool! He seeks to cheat his way into the good grace of God and destroy all that is sacred and holy in this land, along with his crazed masters in Reconquista! For his sins he will burn in HELL with the rest of the elves when justice comes for them. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!
For his apostasy, the TRAITOR Wardes has had all of his titles and lands revoked and has been declared an outlaw! Let this be a lesson to all of you to be ever alert for the signs of disloyalty and TREACHERY! Report any and all signs of traitorous intent to your sergeants, to Chaplain Mathieu or to me. Your word will be taken in confidence and we will do our utmost to investigate any claims of disloyalty and treachery with all due concern.
Finally, there have been some terrible words being uttered here, of some sort of plan by the Albion rebels to invade Tristain. SUCH TALK IS NONSENSE! We are as likely to be invaded by that ragtag bunch of incompetents as the Emperor of Germania is likely to break off his marriage with our fair and noble Princess, which is to say, a RIDICULOUS idea. I daresay, that if there is any invading to be done, it will be done by US! We, the rightful and virtuous warriors of Brimir's own, will invade them! OUR FLEETS WILL RISE AGAINST THE WHITE LANDS AND WE SHALL KILL THAT DOG CROMWELL! YES! GLORY TO HER RIGHTEOUS MAJESTY, OUR MOST VIRTUOUS AND BENEVOLENT QUEEN! WE SHALL SMITE HER FOES IN HER-
Mmhm, Mathieu? T-tone it down?! What? Nononono, I was...
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I expect not to hear a single word more on this, or any other such heresay, from this day forth! Any further talk will be dealt with in the most severe of ways, starting with the confiscation of weekend passes and double armoury duty with the Leprechauns!
COMPANY DISMISSED."