[Well, one of the most knowledgeable people here who can give their account firsthand... keeping in mind that she is not a magic-person or a particularly clever strategist...
So far, though. She can answer.]
What was he like?
[Whether it is what she considered important or not, now that he is-]
I did not work daily with him- he was the leader of this entire city, and I was but an archery instructor to the Legionary troops. I dealt more directly with General Zaman. But when he spoke to shard-bearers we exchanged words, and he has gifted me at times with role and with rank.
He was, I suppose it would be simplest to say... a good man. He and I disagreed many times about how best to handle Zenith and Highstorm, and to this day I still wish he had been firmer in taking a stand against our enemies... But. He was not a tyrant or a general. He was the Tribune.
[Some people, she thinks, would accuse her of not being able to know why that mattered. But even if she became heated in the moment... She did know. She did.]
His responsibility was the citizens of Springstar, and though he attempted to help the shard-bearers claim Oracles and advance Meridian's cause... It seemed to me that he thought first and foremost of his charges who were alive here, in this world. In that, he seemed devoted. And though he took much slander for our early losses in the Oracle trials, despite it having been nothing to do with any lack of his, he remained that. And never renounced us either. His hope, naive or foolish, as it may have been, was bright.
... He did not deserve to be killed that way, by cowards at his godsdamned door.
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So far, though. She can answer.]
What was he like?
[Whether it is what she considered important or not, now that he is-]
I did not work daily with him- he was the leader of this entire city, and I was but an archery instructor to the Legionary troops. I dealt more directly with General Zaman. But when he spoke to shard-bearers we exchanged words, and he has gifted me at times with role and with rank.
He was, I suppose it would be simplest to say... a good man. He and I disagreed many times about how best to handle Zenith and Highstorm, and to this day I still wish he had been firmer in taking a stand against our enemies... But. He was not a tyrant or a general. He was the Tribune.
[Some people, she thinks, would accuse her of not being able to know why that mattered. But even if she became heated in the moment... She did know. She did.]
His responsibility was the citizens of Springstar, and though he attempted to help the shard-bearers claim Oracles and advance Meridian's cause... It seemed to me that he thought first and foremost of his charges who were alive here, in this world. In that, he seemed devoted. And though he took much slander for our early losses in the Oracle trials, despite it having been nothing to do with any lack of his, he remained that. And never renounced us either. His hope, naive or foolish, as it may have been, was bright.
... He did not deserve to be killed that way, by cowards at his godsdamned door.