Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-12599067-20140306020948/@comment-12599067-20140324032709

Makoru gave a nod of agreement and turned to follow Claudius into the tower, and shut the massive doors behind him just as Claudius took his seat at the Council. All of the Councilors were looking towards Makoru, and there was a moment of awkward silence before Makoru cleared his throat and started the conversation.

"Well? What's going on? Why am I here?" he asked, wondering why Claudius was requiring him to attend a meeting of the Elder Council.

"You are here, Makoru, son of Sarkin, because of the recent turn of events concerning High Chancellor Novo and the rise of the Worm King. According to Councilor Claudius, Lorenzo Mede died underneath Hackdirt, and if this talk of the King of Worms marching on Cyrodiil is to be believed, Novo is not fit to take the thone. Is this correct?" questioned Isabelle.

Makoru simply nodded, now having a good idea of where this was going. He shot Claudius an angry glare, warning him that he was going to throttle him after this meeting was over.

"Then you know that without a High Chancellor or heir to replace him, there is no one to take the throne of Emperor?" she asked, to which Makoru gave another nod. "Then you must also know of what might happen if the Empire has no ruler, correct?"

"I do, Councilor, but if you don't mind me asking, I'd very much like to know where this is going."

"I should think that would be obvious, Makoru. The Empire needs a ruler, and so far, there is not one of the power-hungry Counts or Countesses have proven themselves to be fit to rule."

"So you think I am?"

"Believe me, you were not the first person we thought of. A banished prince taking the throne of the Empire would certainly not sit well with Hammerfell, nor would the Counts approve of such a thing. One of us would've taken the throne if not for the fact that Novo acted not only as the High Chancellor and commander of the Imperial Legion, but also as the Imperial Battlemage. If what Claudius has told us is to be believed, then Novo plotted this up to the very end, because it is likely that the Counts will find some kind of excuse to say that we are 'unworthy' of the throne."

"And you don't think they'll have a problem with a banished prince on the throne?"

"That's where my plan comes in," Claudius explained, withdrawing a sealed scroll from a hidden pocket in his traveling robes and setting it on the table before him. "This scroll contains your claim to the throne of the Emperor, Mak. No longer are you a banished prince from Hammerfell. You are now the bastard son of Titus Mede II, and the heir to the Imperial Throne."

(I shall explain more tomorrow. But for now, I will be turning in after one last post on the Seraphim.)