Gabriel felt now was time for him to step in, now that it seems captain of the knights now kicked chair under from the king and looks rather far too pleased in doing so. Even duke had much more respect to the king or at least had not rudeness to show smug face about it!<br/><br/>Gabriel stepped forward and spoke; "Unworthy by what standards? You say squire who fails win practice duel is unworthy? Squire who falls from horse during training is unworthy to be ever become a knight? If you think plan argue that being a knight and a king are two different things; I disagree. Knight serves the kingdom through serving the king or ideal, king serves the kingdom also but more directly by their decisions. It's only now that king has now opened his eyes and sees error what he has done and instead just running or ignoring it he desires to make things right!<br/><br/>So he is unworthy because he made a mistake and some bad judgement call when he was not aware full impact of his decision? As he said he was influenced by his own mother which you all veterans may know was not perhaps most nicest woman in the kingdom by far shot. When you add in his father, the king, who cared more for his bastard daughter than his own son you get son who heritage the crown without proper guidance nor mentor! So he is forced to learn through his mistakes and you now blame him doing so?<br/><br/>Good that you continue serve the kingdom independly, but your support and coordination with the king and king's army would ensure the wrongs which you correct are done more efficiently. I am part of your order, but I never left from the order. I stayed when you left, I stayed because I respected the oaths I took, even if king disbanded us from service I sought to work as part of king's army and became captain who worked support the king and try give advice whenever there was no protector shouting besides me. I understand you left because what protectors did to you and pressured you to leave, as they knew that you would be threat to their power and still you are.<br/><br/>But what kind of threat you are; if your not willing to take up arms under my or king's leadership or guidance? Take arms to bring justice to very people who had started plaque the kingdom and cause reign of terror while king was told lies of their activities and those who tried speak were silenced by fear or a blade? Has the lion forgot how to roar? As said it's up to you do you decide return to be king's knights but refusal to work coordinated fashion with me and king to help bring down protectors does not just break your oaths as knights to the kingdom, but as men who speak to care about the kingdom itself! Once protectors have been brought down then you can choose continue work independly or join with the king help restore the kingdom with dealing rebels which are led by leader called C who is not afraid using same tools what protectors themselves are using but more openly trying forcibly take the crown for their own needs and ends.<br/><br/>You may think that ignoring the rebels may be best for the kingdom, that it's good idea to let rebels raise the bastard daughter to the throne. But doing that breaks whole concept of continued noble lineage! Also doing so your breaking your orders from the former king; he desired keep his daughter away from the throne! She is unprepared same way as our present king is, more so the rebels no doubt will use her like a puppet and if you think you can try interfere and rescue her alone later date; you will be facing ten times more bigger threat and more prepared army than both king's army and protectors combined are at the moment!<br/><br/>Don't you see?! We should be working together than separately! Kingdom is not born nor made from bunch of invinduals; but from cooperation and teamwork of everyone! So king disbanded you and so removed your sense of pride and purpose? Fine, feel free be angry about it. You have all rights to be! But you let your anger cloud your judgement and out of spite you refuse aid to the person whom you dislike, it's putting your own personal feelings before your duty! Is that not what you taught to me since day one; place duty before my own needs? Answer call for help and aid whoever ask for it with genuine purposes? Also what protectors are exactly doing; placing their own needs constantly before their granted duty and more than that; abuse the power what they have given! So do you want truly act and behave even slightest margin like a protector? Or a true knight who can win over their own feelings when duty demands on it?"<br/><br/>While Gabriel was speaking his words were fueled by his own passion, perhaps spark of anger that people who were his own mentors broke their own teachings before him! During middle of his speech he started burn by golden light, light of Iomedae as visual reminder that being a knight is one domains which Iomedae controls and is goddess which supports royalty, justful royalty that is. Showing that despite he has served the king and still serves, has kept his divine powers and her grace should be visual proof that course what Gabriel leads, or believes to lead, is right by goddess opinion! He did not do this consciously though, entirely spontaneously his golden light erupts when he, a student, now lectures his own mentors about duty and tries hammer through their prideful anger to realize their own emotions are now blinding them and doing so they are acting a part way like a protector; which is selfishly. Act selfishly when they should be able bury their emotions and pick arms and work together bring justice instead refuse work with man who had done mistake and apologized for it. Gabriel wanted tell the knights that working with king does not necessary mean become his knights again but he and king is asking their help to bring down protectors as they can be indeed only ones who can stand toe to toe with protectors. But without support of king nor king's army or coordination with them, means they are much weaker and more so if they think ignore rebels and act later when it's too late.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Diplomacy</div><div class="spoiler_body">Diplomacy roll to try win the knights to king's or at least Gabriel's side. Hoping to get the younger knights and old ones to join. As if even single one older knights come to his side, then likely handful or rest will follow. Anyway he tries to block the chair kicking maneuver and keep the younger knights at least. But primary goal is to get whole order join to help the king if not join back to be king's knights. Anyways spend one lay of hands to activate power of faith (the glow thingy).<br/><br/><strong>Diplomacy check: 28 (+30 perhaps if the visual display of Iomedae's power has any meaningful impact or any above argument/taunts give bonus)</strong><br/>At 2012-01-06 10:13:22, Zaer Darkwail (uid: 14) rolls: 1d20a+12 Result: 28 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=34302)<br/></div></div>