<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/31/45/b4/3145b4e25e035b5b63c491145192b6d6.jpg) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=281618.msg13847025#msg13847025)    </div><strong>Name:</strong>Myra Gersumblesuch-Kettlespark (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1456662) & Merle Fliffitygivvit<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Opening scrolls at breakfast<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong><br/><strong>Active Effects:</strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +10<br/><strong>HP:</strong> 107 / 107| <strong>AC:</strong> 24 (T: 16, FF: 21*) | <strong>CMD:</strong> 18<br/><strong>Speed:</strong> 20 | <strong>Perception Bonus:</strong> +20</div></div><hr/><br/>Myra heaved a deep, resigned sigh.  "Of course you do.  You go ahead and get things sorted out.  It's quite long.  Merle, grab us some sort of journally thing, won't you?  I'm sure there's some records hall around here somewhere with spares.  And no, Ethan, this one's really just for posterity, and making all the important people back in the empire feel more important.  Which, Pallam is right, is probably the correct sort of speech.  They don't really want to hear we're going to establish some egalitarian commune in the woods out here."<br/><br/>The familiar lit off on his task, happy to evade any sort of speech, long or short, while the gnome stepped up on a platform and cleared her throat, augmenting her voice with a cantrip until the local troops were quiet and attentive.<br/><br/>The speech was, indeed, very martial and patriotic, rather impressive in scope and with a few clever insinuations about the grandiosity of the royal destiny, but subtly wove a metaphor equating expansionism with the need to better the working conditions and rights of the middle class.  There were even quotes.  After a good half hour, her face still frozen in a hopeful, confident smile, she broke into a rough but serviceable rendition the national anthem, again employing magic to add musical accompaniment and a final rumble of distant cannon fire.<br/>