Tehr smiled at Angelique, "I've an idea.  Go give the bear head to Tera if you please."<br/><br/>Then taking the Tatzlwyrm head, Tehr mounted the stage.  He trusted his servant to carry out his command.   As he mounted the stage he set the Tatzlwyrm head on the very edge of the stage, so that anyone nearby could get a good look at it.  Then he stood near the edge of the stage and set his foot on the top of the head.  Cocking his hip out jauntily he called out to the crowd, "My grace, my good ladies, my good gentlemen, and of course my not so good ladies and gentlemen,"<sup>*</sup>He paused and waited for a few beats, hoping for a laugh.  "I was going to tell you about this vicious beast that I've learned is called a tatzlwyrm, though I know it more as a beastie from hell.  Certainly I could recount the heroic way that I slew it using mighty magics, finally burning a hole in it's very spine with acid.  But I'm not going to tell you that story."<br/><br/>With that, Tehr stepped back and kicked the head down off the edge of the stage, as if it was garbage not worth his notice.  He continued, "I'd like to invite Tera, champion of d'Saari to join me on the stage with the trophy that we slew."   He again paused and waited for the beautiful elven maid to join him on stage.  He gestured to the elven woman who carried the bear head.  "What I'd like to tell you oh ladies and lords, is how after the slaying of the wyrm, this good servant and I tracked down the bear who's head you see here.  Then in mortal combat we were locked.  Tera's blades flashed, lightning quick and twice as deadly.  But not as deadly as half as the bear's claws and bite."<br/><br/>Tehr paused and took in the mood of the crowd before continuing, "Gods and angels gasped and held their breath when the beautiful Tera was struck down.  But fate was on her side because I was there to step in and defend her.  By first blinding it," Tehr gestured to his throwing knife, still protruding from the bear's eyesocket, "I then drew my staff and advanced.  Standing astride her, I viciously struck the killing blow to the wounded bear.  The beast fell, and Tera and I had won the day.  But Tera, her life sliding away as smoke through an open window, spoke to me with what may have been her dying breath.  Congratulations, she told me, and she said that I could have the honor for the kill."<br/><br/>Tehr paused and looked at the elven maid as if he were sizing up an equal member of another house, ignoring the fact that she was only a servant.  But then he spoke again, "But a son of the Wynt house values honor.  So I could not take away her accomplishments.  She had tracked the beast and had landed several lucky hits before it struck her down.  So I refused to hog the glory.  Luckily I had carried upon me a potion to restore the life to the maid.  Then with her life saved, I put her upon my horse and we returned victorious to this camp.  Having shared in the glory of killing such a ferocious beast."<br/><br/>"So," he concluded raising his voice to be as dramatic as possible now that he was reaching his conclusion, "Of the trophies I brought back, I claim not the Tatzlwyrm whom I slew true with powerful magics.  I claim not the ferocious bear, who was brought down with teamwork, luck, and strength of arm."   Tehr again paused and smiled nodding as he took in the crowd, "Nay, I present as my trophy, garnered through compassion and honor, simply the fact that this woman, this beautiful elven maid, Terra, stands before you.  The proudest and most right thing I've done tonight was to help her, to save her life.  If this brings not as much honor as the flattened body of a squirrel, then so be it.  I know that I have chosen what is the most important accomplishment to me."<br/><br/>With that Tehr bowed deeply, holding the bow for several moments, hoping that he'd done a good enough job to at least sway the crowd to his side.  Of course, if he won, that would be even better.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">* = wait for a laugh.  Since I've no skill in preform public speaking, I guess this would just be a straight CHA roll?  +3 mod</div></div>