> This makes sense as a political system. I have trouble
seeing
> Broyan fit the model perfectly -- which is OK with me. I
still see
> Broyan as too ambitious to be a perfect Larnsti king. His
> Vingkotling sensibilities seem very consistent with him being
> ambitious. The parallel to Jackson might work here.
That works with me. Was Hendreik the perfect Larnsti king or should we postulate some post-Dragonkill(or post Machine City) perfect king? I think the latter.
> Broyan somehow subordinates his egotism sufficiently to be
accepted
> by the Larnsti, who see him as simply another ambitious
contender
> whose engeries can be harnessed for the sake of liberty. But
he is
> not devoted to their notions of liberty first and foremost.
I think
> he's devoted to himself as liberator first.
Agreed.
> The difference could be
> simply in the defintion of liberty -- freedom from oppression
vs.
> freedom from foreign oppressors.
Yeah - although I suspect to the Hendriki these concepts are inextricably intertwined. Hendreik's liberty is at base freedom from Lokamayadonism - who was not so much as a foreign as a new tyrant. Without trying to simplify this too much, Hendreiki freedom might just be the freedom to rule ourselves.
> If we want him to appear (and be) noble, we should emphasize the
> temptations he resisted in those quests. That by itself might be
> enough to bring the Larnsti to his side. So, to summarize, I could
> see him jostling around roughly inside the constraints imposed by
> the Larnsti political system.
I think Broyan is tempted many times. He ultimately resists the temptations of power - possible with the help of player characters.
> Depends on when you mean. At the beginning, they all would
have
> trouble knowing that he is a liberator before his actions
prove it,
> just like every other political system in existence. For
many, the
> presence of a Larnsti heroband at his side is proof of his
good
> intentions. How does he prove himself to the Larnsti?
Actually at the beginning it is probably pretty easy - he presumably has joined the Larnsti (so he can be king in accordance with Hendreiki and not Andrini tradition - this makes him like Hardrand the Green) and he is willing to fight Rikard and then the leaders. He's the only guy they've got.
> If you mean at the end, Broyan seems to be pursuing aims
other than
> Orlanthi liberty or at least does so by extraordinarily
foolish
> measures -- he invites in the Wolf Pirates and invades
Esrolia,
> right? I don't really see the Larnsti loving those ideas.
I'm not sure that is that big of a deal for them - Hendreik allied with Arkat and that is worse than Harrek.
Jeff
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