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[strength_of_will]

[ William appears on the feed looking quite chipper. He looks to be in a building made of stone. ]

Hello. I've decided to take it upon myself to help maintain the church in Aldrip since its minder has disappeared.

[ He steps slightly to one side to show off the background: it is indeed one of the places of worship for the local residents. ]

Although the people here seem to have grown less fond of us than before, I thought it might be nice to try and introduce them to some of the deities that we worship ourselves - as well as give people somewhere to pray or leave offerings to their patrons while we're in this new land. So I'm inviting anyone who follows some form of deity to create a small shrine for them in the church. I've set aside some space.

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[conflictresolution]

Another matter to add to the list of investigation or at least to probe the Council with. Likely we'd have to start a petition.

If one is arrogant enough, they can claim to be a god. Some will believe almost anything if the other is convincing enough.

[strength_of_will]

I could easily believe that. We've yet to see any of these gods ourselves so there's no evidence one way or another for their existence. I, at least, have seen a few of the gods of my own world.

Do you think a petition would really move the Council though? There are so few of us to begin with.

[conflictresolution]

Of course not. The Council doesn't seem to be so reasonable as to entertain any kind of petition, but it provides grounds for escalation of insistent on our end.

[Yes, he's definitely talking coup.]

woops I forgot he was speaking

[strength_of_will]

[ He crosses his arms, thinking. ]

I know I'm still young for a lord, but I'm not naive enough to believe that rulers can't be corrupt... If the Council won't give us answers then I would support a peaceful demand for answers.

[conflictresolution]

[Oh you sweet boy. Corruption was part of the job description.]

A good productive activity would be to gather opinion of what our demands would be and prioritize them to present.

[strength_of_will]

[ He refuses to be corrupted!! ]

It should be easy enough to poll others using these devices. I can do that if you like and summarise their responses. I'm used to handling that sort of thing.

[ Being the lord of a region and all that comes with the responsibility of managing the people. ]

[conflictresolution]

Yes, it would. Would you be willing to take that task on? It would be beneficial to bring people together and give them a voice.

[And also find out what people wanted to potentially bring them to heel should it be necessary.]

[strength_of_will]

Gladly. I'll think about how to put the question forward and let you know the results afterwards. I'm not sure if everyone does use these charms so I might also go around in person just to be thorough.

[ Poor guy doesn't suspect a single ulterior motive here. ]

[conflictresolution]

If you need some assistance with that, I am available. Otherwise, it seems as though you have it well in hand. Your dedication to a proper audit of opinion is admirable.

[Excellent. This boy is a good find.]