Tehr bowed to each woman in turn as they were introduced, and if presented the opportunity would take each of their hands and kiss their knuckles lightly in greeting.  He would gauge the mood however and hold off if he thought such an action might appear overly masculine or stodgy.  Likewise even though Jesanie obviously had feelings towards each one, including hostility towards Daria, he would keep his responses even for all three.  The fact of the matter was he didn't know which of these women held more or less power in their house, and since he was going to try to get them to sign onto his project for westward expansion, he couldn't afford to alienate any of them.  He did have an advantage however now, no matter how ridiculous the idea seemed to him of him being somehow overly special, being once in a a hundred years somehow, if the elders believed it that gave him leveraging power.<br/><br/>For in truth he was not opposed to the idea of being the sire to the next generation of house Saari, they seemed like typical nobility in the sense that they schemed and plotted for power.  But at the same time they were both mysterious and also honest.  They had done nothing to upset him nor raise his suspicions, and he certainly didn't care that they were matriarchal in nature.  After all, the whole of Brittania had been ruled by the queen, and before that her sister.  Tehr understood that some day a child of his, no matter what legal obligations had been given up, might come back to bite him somehow.  But then again he could get struck by lightning tomorrow, or be assassinated by a disgruntled member of the church.  So one had to live in the moment while planning for the future.  Right now those plans for the future involved trying to get this new naval business up and running, and the more allies he had, the more likely it would be to succeed.  The addition of house Saari windfinders would be a gigantic advantage, and would hopefully make both houses quite a lot of coin.<br/><br/>However at Jesanie's rather cool words to Daria, he had to address the issue,<strong> "Certainly what we hold in our hearts and keep to ourselves in private should be judged as long as they only affect others.  The nation of Brittania had it's problems with the church of the one god recently, but I do not hold such actions against any who follow it's tenants.  I prefer to see the person not the faith." </strong>He paused for a moment and grinned at Jesanie,<strong>"Besides I'm sure enough people judge me on my private thoughts and beliefs, and I would not do the same evil against others if I can help it."</strong><br/><br/>Tehr turned to introduce his sister and Rosalyn, but found that the two of them had wandered off together.  Rosalyn seemed to be turning her back almost aggressively towards a young man, keeping her eyes locked on the dwarf in question.  Tehr wondered for a moment if he needed to go 'save' Rosalyn, but he knew that Christina could help her far less conspicuously than he could, and that she was a capable woman on her own.  It was only after a moment of searching that he saw them all the way across the room talking to Lord Forgefist.  Well, later then he supposed.  Marie joined the group and spoke a few words to which Tehr replied,<strong>"I would be honored to share a dance with you Marie,"</strong>then to the other four women,<strong> "With any of you lovely ladies in fact if you wish it.  As a guest here tonight I am in your debt, and I can think of far worse things to do with my time than hold a beautiful and noble woman in my arms for a few minutes on the dance floor.  But, if the wiser among us wish to speak privately on a business matter, maybe it would be best to do so sooner rather than later, so that we might enjoy the rest of the night without that cloud over our head?"</strong><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">First off, I realized I forgot to mention it, but I don't know if Tehr would have brought his staff with him to the ball.  It seems like this might have been a situation where he left it at home.  Especially since he walked in with Christina on one arm and Rosalyn on the other.  I thought I should mention that incase there is combat, he's going to be hindered without it.<br/><br/>Also I rolled a diplomacy check for Tehr's attempts to try to be charming with the elders:<br/>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=89829<br/>Roll Result: rhev rolled: 1d20, adding 13 to the total<br/>Comment: <strong>Tehrs diplomacy check</strong><br/>Result: 18, <br/><strong>Total: 31</strong><br/></div></div>