Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20140306020948/@comment-12599067-20140322202637

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote: When they had assembled Daithi cleared his throat loudly before speaking.

"Mannimarico knows that he will have to break us in this land or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Tamriel may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands." He paused momentarily before continuing. "But if we fail, then the whole world, including the other provinces, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of the perverted necromancers.  Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the Empire and its provinces last for a thousand years more, men and mer alike will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’”

The speech was short and to the point, but it served the message Daithi was trying to get across. Even when Daithi as done speaking, many of the elves remained silent, shifting restlessly as they tried to decide what they should do. Before anyone could speak up or back out, however, Valuril stepped forward, looking out over the crowd with piercing eyes.

"Those of you who are still loyal to your king, gather your weapons and provisions and prepare to march for Cyrodiil. It is time that Mannimarco learns that the people of Valenwood will not be so easily defeated," she announced before turning and vanishing into the trunk of the tree, heading up the winding staircase to return to her quarters and gather her things.