Octarch Hopefuls...step forth and stand proud.

[druke]

thanks for the clarification i knew i was slaughter\'n it

[Robinmagus]

hehehe. I see this goes on. I wish Thazer the best of luck, though I will not be voting.  


And BTW: Let this be deleted if must but, your a**  is mine amheh!

[Am-Heh]

*Amheh throws his head back, laughing and is helped to his feet by two scarcly clad Enki barmaids..

\"Haa , I must admit that girls got spirit. \"
(with not only the kylos but now robinmagus in mind)
Walking towards the door, then raising his voice as the midday sun stikes his brow.    \"Its a shame she is blinded by fake ideals and her mind obviously tortured by unobtainable goals.

*Grabbing the apple that Lordbug has offer him. Probably hoping for some good favour of some kind, for apples are rare within the realm. Amheh taking a bite smiles and continues, his trolls watching, hope he doesnt develope a taste for apples.

 Taxes my dear girl \"might\" be enforced. None of my polocies have been set in stone, and all may be subject to reform or change depending on popular opinion.

 [I*Making a mental note to track down all her kin, friends and loved ones and to impress upon them an exclusive tour of the Deathrealm.
  Moving on through the crowd growing with familiar faces and losing sight of her. Amheh assumes that the young Klyros, looking shy and uncertain after her little outburst, has tried to disappear among the many faces in the crowd, he turns his attention elsewhere.*.[/I]

*Growing slightly annoyed now when over hearing Druke and his dog, trying to convince people how good the old values and morals were in years gone by and how they now need to be re-enstated..

 You fools, must you fear change and progress within our realm. When once we had no choice but to flee the massing hordes of Tefusanges and rouges that attack our city. Now we, (some of us). stand tall, firm and strong. And slay these beasts that attack our weaker citzins...who are many.
 The rats that once soiled our food supply and cursed our realm with the plague. Bringing on the death of our much loved Octarch, have now been keep to a small, controlable number and once again rarly stary from the sewers.

* Amheh walking towards Arnigus, and then taking place by his side. Grabs the fat mans hand and thrusts it in the air.. This man says he is neutral!! But he supports me! \"Gazing deep into the freighten bankers eyes\" Dont you..!
 \"Nodding his head and looking towards the sea of faces.
 Amheh thinks but it could be that the little man is just trembling  so profoundly that it looks like he\'s nodding. Takin a seat nt far from the hopefuls and Arnigus, Amheh listens to people muttering amongst themselves..[/I]

*A few in the crowd mutter..
*Drone 1: I had no idea Amheh was backed by such high standing citazin within our realm..
*Drone 2:Me Either, he does make sense though...We should all vote for him..
*Drone 1:Aye..
*Drone 2:Aye...
Many heads nod vigourously...

[Cha0s]

[ooc]Please do not put words into other characters\' mouths or act for them. You assumed that the young \"Kylos\" (Klyros) ran away. You assumed Arnigus would back you under pressure. Whether or not these assumptions are correct or not, when you\'re RPing with other people, you can\'t take control of their characters (unless you have a legit IC reason for doing so, in other words, mind control ). So please, don\'t do things like that.[/ooc]

Selaros snorted at Am-Heh\'s words and called out to the crowd, \"You think this bully will be better able to protect the city than a powerful mage? To be honest, even I could defeat Am-Heh.\"

Noting the murmurs of the crowd, Selaros smiled. People were discussing things, good.

Turning to Am-Heh, Selaros called out,
\"Am-Heh, I have a question for you. From your last little speech it sounded like you were claiming that you are the reason that the rats and tefusangs have been contained. Is this really what you\'re saying as you haven\'t given any support for this whatsoever?\"

Grinning ominously at Am-Heh, Selaros queried again, \"Do you seriously expect us to believe that without you we\'d have rats and tefusangs roaming the streets?\"

[Am-Heh]

OOC: The Young kylos has already admitted to fearing her life. She did stand tall.
But, if i lose her from my sight within the crowd. even if she is not. My charactor has every right to assume she is hiding....Even if that is not the case...
Let the young lady fight her own battles as she is obviously more than capable of doing so.

In relation to Arnigus.
 He on more than one occasion, has shown he is a coward and doesnt need much of a threat to be fearful of his life..
So do you not think it is highly probably, that if i were to put words, in his mouth, Grab his arm and force it in the air. He would be reduced to a trembling, \"supportive\" and trembling mess? Even if his opinions did differ from my own

If Either of them have a problem with my last post i will edit it..happily and i wont rp others in future:)

Anyways ....Back to the debate.

IC: No Chaos , I was not implying that i alone have been responsible for the curb in the Rat and Tefusang population, even though Im sure i have made a signifcant contribution towards it.
 But in the Days of Old one had only words to defends oneself with, and now with the introduction of our finely crafted weaponary we, \"now\" can take \"Action\".. a word alot of the citazins and residents of old have forgotton. I do not propose a police state nor even a military presence in our realm.
 I just want that our people, though education and support, can,will and know how to protect themselves if needed. Just one amongst many other skills that should be made common knowledge, through out the realm so that our population may be productive, intelligent and grow.

[Cha0s]

[ooc]
#1. You weren\'t reading. You can never assume. What if Arnigus hates you so much that he is able to overcome his fear and resist? What if he feels safe surrounded by the crowd? You don\'t know UtM\'s character as well as he does, so don\'t make decisions for him (unless he says you can), even if you think they\'re what he would do.

As for the Klyros (watch your spelling ), your comment made no sense at all. Last quote from Seytra:

I will not give in to your threats! I will not back down!

She\'s fearing for life and running away, eh? Even if she were, that\'s HER decision, not yours. I personally would conjecture that she would have stood up to that comment you made, but again, I don\'t know her character either, so I wouldn\'t post about her doing that.

So please, don\'t manipulate PCs (feel free to play around with NPCs though, as long as you stay within their general character realm, if applicable).
[/ooc]

Selaros replied with a smile, \"Ah, I see. Well, in that case, fear not. Druke has not forgotten the word \'action,\'\" Selaros chuckled. \"No, to the contrary, if you were paying attention previously, you\'d have heard that Druke plans a complete revamp of the education system and a solution to the poisoning of our water source. If military action is necessary, I assure you, Druke will take the necessary steps. However, at the moment, I see no reason why we\'d need any sort standing army at all. Who\'s going to attack us? The adventurers and good samaritans of the city are dealing with our tefusang and rat problem. Not everyone needs to be trained in combat. We have a strong police force which is amply capable of defending the citizens of Hydlaa and maintaining order. So, what \'action\' were you referring to, since you clearly don\'t count educational reforms and since military action seems unnecessary...\"

[Under the moon]

[ooc]When someone gives you lemons....hide them from Krammy... [ooc]

*Arnigus trembles as Am-Heh turns away from him. Oh, Talad, why did he ever start this election. He knew this would happen...he just knew it. Maybe if he snuck away, no one would notice...he could be gone before... For a moment, his father\'s face flashed before him, as he had been twenty years ago. The last time he had seen him...with the same disappointment in his eyes. As if to say, \'Will you let me down again, Son?\' Would he let him down? Would he let these people down? Would he let himself down?*

\"NO!\" he shouts, more to himself than others. Then realizes he spoke aloud as Am-Heh turns back to him.

\"So the worm has a backbone after all.\" [ooc] turn around is fair, but let\'s make this the last of it please stick to your own chars.[ooc]

\"Y-y-y-you c-c-can not force me to support you. I must ...I will remain neutral....no matter the p-p-price.\"

*A large Kran with a dark spot that looks like an ink stain steps forward. He carries a thick, iron clad quarter staff with familiarity*

\"There will be no price, Arnigus,\" the Kran states bluntly an turns to the crowd. \"I am Hadarican. There will be no more threats, that I guaranty.\" He turns to Am-Heh. \"Know this, I will not flinch at crushing you and your trolls beneith foot as I would a diseased blackbeatle. And would not give a second thought at scraping your foul entrails from my heel as so much trash. I have no family for you to threaten, I have no friends to dangle as bait before me. Be wary of your words from now on, as Kran have much better hearing than you would think.\"

With that, he takes up position next to Arnigus, standing as cold and immovable as a stone mountain.

\"Thank you Had, once again, I owe you one,\" says Arnigus, feeling much braver.

*Up on the roof tops a little ways away, in the shadows of an overhanging tree where it is hard to make out, a figure sits shrouded in a thick cloak, despite the warmth of the day. A wind whips back the cloak for a moment, revealing the left arm of the figure. It is bundled heavily in thick coarse cloth, as if injured, though the figure gives no indication of it. The elections would go as planned?or there would be a price. The sound of metal grating on metal comes from beneath the cloth*


[ooc]None of you want to anger Had, as he could, most likely, crush you. And you really, really, really don?t want to mess with the figure on the roof (which only the most observant of you may see). He has no forgiveness at all, and your powers mean nothing to him (as some of you may know). These two characters have been put into place to prevent this thread from turning into a brawl?just in case. [ooc]

[Kranmanb]

I am here to Vote for Amheh as Octarch. This person I think could fill the shoes of the old Octarch and more! He need custom shoes, with this vote and hopefully many others this nominee for Octarch will be reconized as a powerful political force. Kranmanb is my char name, buddy me up and lets go SLAYING. Go planeshift crystal blue best game ive ever played in years!http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/images/icons/axe.gif
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[Under the moon]

*Arnigus stands with his mouth hanging open, as does many in the crowd. Had readies his quarterstaff at the words of the apparently rabid man.*

\"Good sir,\" says Had, \"I will ask that you do not use such words here...and please sober up.\"

[Am-Heh]

Surprised at Arnigus\'s courage Amheh releases his grip, makes a snide comment and turns from the fat balding man.
 Then apearing from the crowd, he realises where the new found courage of the banker has come, as a large Kran steps forth and makes himself known to the crowd, and in particular Amheh.

I see you have powerful friends Arnigus, this doesn\'t surprise me as you would have surly perished a long time ago.

Then quickly reconsidering he thinks to himself, even though hes a coward, he is incredibally wilely. maybe he could have survived of his own accord.
Looking at Arnigus again he doubts it.

  Now focusing on the new direction the election was heading. He thinks to himself, I wonder from where this black spotted kran has sprung, I\'ve never seen him about? Why does he mingle in my affairs, i will find out more about this brave charctor who makes such claims..he will fall like the rest of these wretched souls\"

Grining to himself about his present thoughts, he hears another kran, he know little about. This brings him back to a consious state?  

 Listening with intreast, this other kran makes a brave speech in support of Amheh. Considering that the other hopefulls now seemingly losing hope that they can win of there own accord, have banded together.Fighting the election as a dont vote for him campaing, rather than a vote for me one, trying unsucessfully to poke holes holes in Amheh and his as of yet unrevealed polocies.

Which although seems quite unmoral, unfair and easy to do, all considering... Amheh thinks is quite lowly for people parading as morally strong, good hearted, non judgemental citazins and more like a thing his deviate, chaotic friends would have in mind.

Clapping loudly with many others, Amheh sends an ale over to Kranmanb via pretty barmaid, who takes place on his lap and offers to pour the cool beverage down the mighty Krans thoat, kissing his cheek, she whispers in his ear. \"A friend of Amhehs is a friend of mine\"  .

[buddha]

Mulla chuckles.

He is clearly a sailor.  For on the waves, where I have endured many years, I have learnt that \"buddy me up\" is a euphemism for \"let us make bed together\" and \"let\'s go slaying\" is well, a less polite euphemism for what follows.  He is merely being affectionate, Arnigus.  Don\'t judge him so harshly.

Mulla pauses to steady himself in the heat

But even that seems to fall rather roughly off his tongue.  I wonder what his parents would think...

Ah, what a lovely thing I have found in my nose!

[Pestilence]

(OOC: *Laughs out loud* good one Buddha )

*raises his eyebrow to Amhehs tactics.*

It\'s obvious you like being the underdog Amheh but I have no quarel with you although I might not call you my friend or trust you with my trias.

It seems there are no more people to run for Octach then their are positions on the council. So lets not kill eachother yet as we will have to work together no matter who the Octarch will be.

I think the diversity in the contestants is good as it gives all sides a chance to speak.

OOC:
To Druke:
\"Renaissance,\" French for \"rebirth,\" perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.

During the era known by this name, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions.

[druke]

(ooc)
however it was the embracement of new ideals, such as the political, intellectual, and social views that exsted before the dark ages( thats back in roman times) thus\"hey you know what, we were better off back then, we should try to reconstruct that kind of society\"

that was the Renaissance

(/ooc)

[detile]

*Detile entering the room, late and disapointed.

- Hi evereybody, i\'ve heard by Amheh that a political meeting stands here.
Like i said to him, i have no political ideas.
I\'m for the anarchy - but not like most of you see it; i\'m for a place where everybody can live like he wants, with a limit : not to do to others what you don\'t want they do to you.
My speech ends now cause my english is not my language,  and i have a lot of job in Yliakum.
See you there.

*Detile turns aroud and leave the place with a littlle smile who  say a lot for those who can see it.

[Phinehas]

Phinehas hobbles through the crowd, slowly edging closer and closer to where the hopefuls are standing. Eventually he comes to stand next to Tybalt. Leaning over he whispers, \"Sorry I\'m late.\"
Pausing to catch his breath for a few minutes he listens to the rantings of the various hopefuls and takes a few minutes to gather his thoughts. Then he begins to speak, quietly and steadily, but using the wind to spread his words even to the far corners of the Plaza.
\"Ladies and gentlemen you see before you several people, none of whom I would consider competent for the job.\"
He motions in the direction in the direction of Am-Heh. \"This fool cannot even be considered. He is a tyrant and makes no attempt to hide it. There is no need for you to fear him, as he is by no means all that powerful.\"
Phinehas then turns to Druke. \"My lord Druke. You are a great man, indeed. A great mage, an extremely intelligent individual, highly respected by your peers. However, I would hardly call you leadership material. Frankly, you lack the wisdom. Intelligence isn\'t everything.\"
Motioning to Thazer Phinehas smiles and shakes his head. \"Thazer here is indeed quite the vigilante. However, he is no leader. His guild, of which he is only leader due to the disapperance of Depthblade, is not exactly thriving. Thazer is an honorable man, and dedicated to his cause, but is his cause your cause? Do each of you have the desire to be forced to act according to what this man thinks is right? Even if you did, he is no leader. Depthblade was a true leader, Thazer is a poor substitute at best.\"
\"As for the others... What can I say? They\'re children.\"
Phinehas pauses for a few moments to let his words sink in, then he continues speaking. \"Many of you now understand that I support Tybalt. I can see the questions forming in your minds. How could a blind Diaboli be better than the others?
The simple fact is that he does not have the defects of the other candidates. He is no tyrant, like Am-heh. He is approachable, and willing to listen to suggestions, unlike Druke. He is not a vigilante bent on the eradication of all evil and never mind the consequences. He has lived here long, and knows the people. He is a natural leader. In Ashes all are equal, and yet even I submit to his decisions.
One of the greatest things about Tybalt is that, if you accept him as your leader, you will receive the benefits of all of Ashes combined, and filtered through his charming personality. I know many of you will think I cannot be objective. Perhaps you are right. All I know is that I am acquainted with many guild leaders and well-known individuals, and I can honestly say that Tybalt is the only one among them that I would consider submitting to.\"