<div class="floatright"><strong>Sarki Ra'Shuurma (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1555889)</strong><br/>(https://pre00.deviantart.net/8a9b/th/pre/i/2017/032/1/3/ras_by_bryansyme-daxia3h.jpg)</div><br/>Ra'Shuurma patiently listened angel's words, albeit he was quite bit surprised as she started tear her own clothes, crumble it into ball and throw the gown at him. The ball of cloth pouncing from his chest and falling into the floor discarded. Sight of her body indeed roused his loins further, but it was the burning strong will in her eyes and her passive radiance of power around her, power which froze the surface moisture on pillars around the chamber, chilling rage for injustice of the world. Yet in all her fury she feared<em>him</em>, than the world it seems.<br/><br/>Once angel Tafiya finished her rant and was panting before him, his arousal reached peak and his eyes were dark with carnal passion in him which he constrained with steely willpower as he step forward, closer, lower his stance lower so they are eye on eye level as he replies to her; "Then you haven't experienced true slavery if you think being a thrall is no different than being a slave. Being made into thrall you can only blame yourself, your debt, your greed, for ending up becoming a thrall. Besides potential other crimes. In slavery it does not matter are you guilty or not, your made into slave. Your taken from arms of mother, who may be enslaved and sold away and you never will find her nor even remember her. Nor remember father who stood up to protect it's family, similarly enslaved or killed so it's family could be enslaved.<br/><br/>I have worn chains of slaves in my neck and wrist, I did not ask to be slave, I had no choice and I had no freedom ever. I was born as a slave, just because my mother was one and was bred likely on purpose to able produce more slaves. As slave you have no hope for escape nor freedom, eternal toil from morning to night, beaten on any sign of disobedience and sometimes even killed just to be made into example for others. Your life, itself, has no value whatsoever. Only what your forced to done for serving your master or your master's amusement.<br/><br/>Man nor woman appreciates freedom until they loose it or those who are born without freedom, dream of it like most people dream of sweet touch of a woman or sweet wine. To slave freedom is concept than reality. I desired freedom, because it was something I believed it was something which was stolen from me so I fought, killed and bled to earn that freedom in arena. As nothing motivates man to kill and be brutal like animal or a demon after blood than sweet promise of freedom from those chains. Strong bonds form among those born and raised in bloody arena pits, but when you battle against your comrade while masters, the audience, scream for blood, you got no choice than to fight to death when audience demands it! Forced kill person you called brother most of your life! If you do not fight, you both die! Better the fight is fought and the one who survives carries on the dream of the slain gladiator, honor his sacrifice on the ring by winning the arena grand tournament where price for victor is both gold and freedom! Chance for life!<br/><br/>I have heard in out there, world beyond world, there exist place called hell. But to me that place is distant as tales of demons and devils, to me, hell was the pit where I was literally thrown in since I was born and grown there. If I had become a thrall instead, been a man who just took loan and wound up unable to pay, I would had learned value my freedom much more once my time as thrall ended and unlikely as thrall I would had been forced kill fellow man whom I considered as fellow sibling. So you may feel free be upset for the system as you like, but before I ascended to this throne there was slavery and I am sure you would had burned entire city down instead kicking some random dwarf collecting a debt! Same slavery still exists outside my kingdom on other lands, in lands of yuan-ti and the like! To former slaves my lands are paradise on earth, as in other nations humans are default slaves with no other reason than being human!<br/><br/>Your correct I do not wish fight dwarves with my present army and military, preferably at all if possible. I try avoid stirring a hornet's nest when I can. But between allowing thralls than outright denial of any slavery in return not getting no gold nor support from the rich and wealthy is lesser of the two evils. As if there would be no gold to means build up my power and city, to grow to point I could someday remove even thrall system, than left with no gold and be thus vulnerable to be invaded and return to era before my reign. Return nightmares of the pits of blood, violence and death. My nation has no true allies if we deny slavery altogether, we get some allies if we allow it and do trading with other kingdoms. As present my kingdom is not yet strong challenge the grand powers but is matter of time and striking of other lands which are not stable or strong as I or are in equal strength.<br/><br/>Once my nation is bigger, stronger and has something else to appease the rich and wealthy than thralls bought with debt, then I can cancel and remove the thrall option entirely. But not before. As doing anything else would endanger my subjects and make me bad and selfish king blinded by my own righteous ideals about freedom than what's best for my people long run.<br/><br/>The world is as it is now because strong the rule, strong have all power reinforce what laws and customs they want. If you want overcome the slavery, you need grow stronger than everyone who sponsors it combined. In pit I learned that much; as strong your destiny and fate is in own hands. While as weak your at mercy of the strong or ones holding advantage over you." Ra'Shuurma came all towards angel with all his charisma and intimidating confidence and belief on his cause. He is not evil but nor truly righteous but was definitely guided by letter of law and oaths and promises. He had lived through a hell and rarely heart survives such trials without growing bitter and darkened to become twisted like those whom you hate at bottom of your heart. Ra'Shuurma though conquered city, rid of it tyrant and embraced ideals of law and justice, fairness, much as possible while maintaining trade road and enduring lesser evils until he is strong enough overcome the opposition. Conquering city was merely start of climb freeing his people, humans, but slavery and part of climb he has to allow thralls to be made and taken, made by humans or people's own greed and foolishness and punished for it than made slaves by force like elsewhere it's done in the world.<br/><br/>Ra'Shuurma then snaps fingers, his clothing dissipating away and leave him only donned with pair of golden decorative bracers which allow conjure any outfits he desires. Or make them vanish instantly. Nude before the angel he stands now on his full height, his black throbbing cock in view and arms spread he says to the angel; "As your exposed naked for sincerity of your cause and stand before me, so I stand similarly before you as well and display my own sincerity."<br/><br/>Of course he expects a shock factor some kind from the angel from sudden disappearance of clothing....and direct display of his arousal, so using angel's shocked moment in advantage his strong arms would reach towards the angel's shoulders and pull her suddenly close to him! Against him and his throbbing hardness! Arms sliding around her delicate pale flesh, embracing her and locking her in place. But besides embrace he does not harm her nor proceed further with her. Just pressing their bodies together as he looks down on the angel and says to her; "I am not sure what your afraid from me, but these same arms which had broken bodies of men, both good and evil, can equally protect as well. I may be flawed mortal who would live merely a eye blink in before eyes of immortals and gods, I am not man of noble virtues and follow ways of good, but I intent live best as I can in present circumstances and improve much as I can before I face enemy which I cannot win against; death. But as my life light fades from the world, I intent my flame ignite a spark which will glow even after I am gone and I hope it will create a fire which some days gets rid of evil from the world. If not by my hand, then from hands of future.<br/><br/>So even if I am no man who prays no gods or angels, I still can find beauty from it which I can appreciate and try to embrace. So think we can find a common ground where we can embrace one another and share our ideals and hopes?" Ra'Shuurma of course hopes to win the angel over for carnal pleasures and otherwise, as she would make fine and strong companion besides his more stronger willed wives. Of course likely both wives speak for all sorts benefits for the angel becoming Ra'Shuurma's companion, he himself would only see the beauty and the passion for cause of justice in her. Something he shares with her, but thanks his own life his 'goodness' was literally beat out from him. As no good man survives the horrors he had to endure and overcome, a good man would had refused raise blade against their brother and would had killed itself or died alongside their brother.