Tehr held a hand out towards the captain of the gaurds, silently requesting that she try to remain calm.  Then turning to Father Mical he said, "Pardon my impudence father.  I am not a member of your church as I have only recently moved to the city.  I only moved here from the countryside recently *, so forgive me for not knowing the ways of this particular church.  But my understanding of the divine is that life, human life, is sacred is it not?"<br/><br/>Not waiting for the priest to respond he said, "I only care for the life of the knight you placed under arrest."  He was careful to phrase the wording so as to let the priest feel as if he had not necessarily done anything wrong.  "You know of course that the queen supports the freedom for her people to practice the goodly religions, of which druidism is one that is widely accepted as being a good religion.  While you're right that in the ancient histories they have practiced human sacrifice, this hasn't been a practice since the soldiers of ancient Romana brought law and religion to this land centuries ago.  **<br/><br/>"But," Tehr said holding up one finger, "What we do have to worry about is a clash between the peaceful and lawful ruler of the country, the wise queen Victoria, and your faith.  In such a battle there would be no winners.  To the faithful of the church it would weaken and cause them to lose faith in their monarch.  To those who are loyal to the queen it would make you appear bloodthirsty and violent, much like the church of the thirty years war that took place two hundred years ago between the church and the king.  A reputation for bloodshed and violence that the church of the divine still struggles to shake off to this day, two hundred years later."<br/><br/>"Certainly you could see how a little good faith gesture, turning the knight over to the queen's guards to be dealt with under the royal law, would go a long way to making your church look more noble, can you not?  Because I fear the bloodshed that might arise if you were to force the queen's hand, bloodshed that would be shed most likely from both the 'heritics' as well as your faithful.  I know that you don't want to see that do you?"  ***<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">* bluff = he's been in town for a while and isn't a member of the church anyways.<br/><strong>Bluff roll = 10 </strong>  http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35009 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35009)<br/>(damn my shitty rolls!)<br/><br/>** = Knowledge: Arcana  (though you might want to do religion instead, if so subtract 5 from the die roll.<br/><strong>Knowledge arcana = 23</strong>   http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35010 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35010)<br/>(if you prefer religion for this, then it would be an 18)<br/><br/>*** = diplomacy<br/><strong>Diplomacy skill check = 26</strong>  http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35011 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=35011)<br/></div></div>