<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll for Diplomacy total of 22, Roll of K: Nobility 27, noted previously.</div></div>The queen listened to him seriously, but a smile tugged at the corner of her lips at hearing him make his point of view known. She listened without interruption, but nod her head in approval at the time he reached the end of his words, a smile crossing her lips as she spoke in turn.<strong>"Just as I would not want to be a mere 'trophy wife' to a suitor who would then demand all power to himself as a King, I would not wish to press anyone to my service where they'd find themselves chained for my sake in things to come. I will seek your advice freely in the times to come, but if the position of Prince Consort would strangle your freedoms, the title can be something else. I trust in your guidance so far, and I look forward to seeing more of it. I find amusement in your company, so I seek it."</strong>She took a moment to look at his expression, a smile playing on her lips as she soon continued.<br/><br/><strong>"I'd imagine that there is a fair number of young women out there who's company you might partake in from time to time. I shall seek your counsel and your position may rise through it, but if a rank might chain you, there are others that allow for you to remain close to the court. Indeed, given the events with the now fallen from favor house of Dale, there's even opportunity."</strong>She smirked a bit devilishly at this, a sly, proud smile full of righteous malevolence to the traitorous kinsmen.<br/><br/><strong>"Now, once this awful mess with the traitors will be dealt with their lands will be taken by the crown, any previous arrangements they might have signed on that will be forfeit, church be damned if they had their fingers in on this. With such an amount of land lacking governing, and the rising status of house Wynt in advising here, and perhaps an official recognition later of having been there and helped ensure the crown came to no harm, it might be suitable to raise the house from a noble house's status to one of official title to note, one of Marquis. Given the area that might be seeded to Wynt alongside the previously discussed roads, it would make Wynt one of the prominent houses in the region. Thing is, that would also bring a lot of political pressure, and attention, to the house itself. It wouldn't be all of the lands previously under Dale's hold, but a sizable part, the ones closest to your house's own territories. With the rest going to other houses that have proven their merit and loyalty, the nobility would be more accepting of this event as well. Still, such a status would make it easy enough for House Wynt to play its part in court without being seen as a 'mere advisor' but an actual player in the great game."</strong><br/><br/>The Queen's offer was a bold one, to raise one to such a rank would certainly cause a shock in the aristocracy, but yet with the fall of a prominent old house, someone would have to take hold of such power and House Wynt had been proving itself to the Queen previously too. Some might whisper an ill word or two but it was doubtful they'd dare utter them in presence of either Wynt or the Queen, and even then bitterness and jealousy would only last so long until approval would be given, especially with Tehr's way of convincing folks. There would still be quite a riled up moment amidst all the larger houses, and perhaps in foreign courts too.<br/><br/>If the house of Dale wouldn't fall quietly but try and drag the church down with it, there might be even larger repercussions, but even if the church escaped the worst of it there would be a backslash at them that might just do them enough harm that the faith would lose most of its backing on the kingdom's soil, and the return of old faiths might revitalize paganism as the church called it, an act that might just force them to at the very least back off a little instead of pressing for more rights and power in the kingdom.<br/><br/><strong>"As for the women in court, now... I'd say, do not get caught, do not get in too much trouble. Foreign princess' chastity might be real or it might be the smoke and mirrors upheld by her handmaidens and court to hide if she has appetites unbefitting a noblewoman in their eyes. Whether or not there's merit to things, it'll be upto you to find our or choose to leave things be, in such things. I won't forbid you from seeking pleasure, chasing skirt if you wish, only urge for caution and discretion."</strong>She smiled a little, before whispering to his ear up close.<strong>"If you should ever come up with a problem you should also turn to the care of the healer at the palace. One of the old rumors used to be that a certain young lady's maidenhood may have been restored by magic, and memories faded away, from an encounter somewhere in the past that was far from pleasant and damaging to one's reputation had it gotten out. It might be a mere story, but given none outside the palace even know of such a tale, I'd say there's discretion to be had in her care."</strong>She chuckled faintly, and bowed her head.<br/><br/>Royal healers usually only worked with the royal family though, so the implication was there that the Queen considered him close, even while giving him free permission to pursue others.