<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a8/69/21/a8692123642dc4adc8684b7130cc9e6d.jpg)</div><strong>OOC Scene 3, Post 4 - Judge, Jury, and Executioner</strong><br/><br/>Persuasion Rolls<br/>Alisandre Persuasion 24 on Hobgoblins.<br/>Sondanwe Persuasion 21 on Orcs.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8d/eb/7a/8deb7ac683e3183ea5f94926b3301af4.jpg)</div><strong>"Born into the nobility and through association, I've had plenty of time to see people rule each other, both well and poorly."</strong>began Alisandra in a rousing speech that seemed to enthrall the Hobgoblins.<br/><br/>The two slavers ignored what Sodanwe had to say. After all, she was a slave and who listened to slaves. However, the response by the Orcs and many of the villagers seemed to put them on edge.<br/><br/>At the end, The Hobgoblin Leader stood silent. Finally, the leader spoke,<strong>"I'm no Noble, no ruler, just a soldier trying to perform his mission as best he can. However, I do know that when rulers make mistakes, soldiers like myself usually bear the brunt of those mistakes."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"As to Sondanwe,"</strong>The Hobgoblin spoke,<strong>"Her actions yesterday rest on whether or not she is a slave. If she is a slave, then to resist the two slavers is a crime, along with running away. If she is not a slave then her actions are those of a free person defending herself."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Here is what I do know. If these two leave,"</strong>the Hobgoblin leader gestured to the two slavers with his staff,<strong>"With or without their slave,"</strong>he gestured to Sondanwe with his free hand.<strong>"We will have others following - slavers looking for escaped slaves, perhaps slavers looking to find new slaves. Who knows, we may even get some mercenary company or aspiring lord, looking to make money by enslaving all of us."</strong>The Hobgoblin leader looked piercingly at Alisandra,<strong>"It is easy to make recommendations when you sit in the stands in the arena. It is different when you are in the pit striving for your very survival."</strong><br/><br/>The Hobgoblin leader looked at the four members of the Party,<strong>"Tell us that the four of you will stand with the village when the time comes, and I'll listen to your recommendations."</strong><br/><br/>The crowd had gone silent, and the Party noticed that everyone - Orc, Hobgoblins, villagers - was looking at them very intently.