Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20140812170152/@comment-11457306-20140815234648

(It was not my intention to bring Anneken to Mak.  Torene said she'd speak to him and see that the wrong was righted.  But since you've already done it, okay.)

Anneken was thoroughly intimidated now. She'd believed herself about to be escorted back to the guards who had brought her in, not straight to the Emperor himself. She suddenly felt like the shy little girl she'd been as a child and she felt downright silly to be curtsying in her armor. Had she been Rhiannon, she'd have dropped to one knee like a man.

Torene came to her rescue. "Anneken comes on behalf of one of the warriors who helped in the incident at Chorrol, my Lord." She always addressed him formally in the presence of others. She was ever aware of proper protocol and had never embarrassed him in public, always giving him full support and respect, even when she disagreed. In the privacy of their chambers, however...

Mak had learned to duck.

Anneken rose from her curtsy and steeled herself. She looked up at him. He was positively massive to her, a very commanding figure. "I come on behalf of Brihanna, your Magesty.  She is a young woman who joined us in our quest to bring an end to the Deep Ones.  She was instrumental in their downfall and she rescued several of our number, including the Lady Knight, Rhiannon.  Regretfully, in the confusion after the final battle, she left without ever being recompensed in any way and as far as I know, no effort was ever made to find her.  As a result, she has lived in great poverty and hardship ever since.  Now, she has been tracked and brought in like a common criminal to serve the Empire again.  She has no resource, not even simple weapons with which to aid us, nor is she very trusting of any offer the Empire might make to her in payment for her aid again.  While it may be said that any citizen of the Empire should be proud to offer their service for free, others have been well rewarded and she feels slighted.  Rightfully so, I might add. For she went above and beyond the call of duty."  Anneken blushed as she spoke the last part, for she felt she was slighting the Empire, but she felt strong words were needed where such sacrifice had been made.