Comments on: Heroes’ Cup, part II. [14 Thory 4385; Eigrach, Srineia]

By: Rowyn

Rowyn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:21 +0000

Gotta go with the rest, here: Eigrach is working hard at making friends with the people of the Strayway, in part by alienating y’all from everyone else. Spoooooky. I’m not sure this will pay off for the mayor: I’d've been more impressed by Rehit’s preference.

By: sythyry

sythyry — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:51:35 +0000

Your people have hooves? Remarkable. I shall have to visit at some point.

Jyondre’s position is pretty good in Eigrach. In his home town, rather less so, having been named an official hero of their greatest enemy.

And yes, there was some distinct sympathy, as you shall see.

By: Xolo

Xolo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:41:41 +0000

Jyondre’s position right now is pretty favourable, I think. He’s just saved a bunch of people, and been named an official hero. His mother, on the other hoof, just spoiled a festive public occasion by bringing up a family fight and making a scene. It’s hard to imagine that this won’t result in some quiet public sympathy for Jyondre in particular, and for traff folk in general.

By: Winterbeast

Winterbeast — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:19:19 +0000

Jyondre should say that it’s a sad reflection on a mother that her enemy loves her son more than she does. who knows. they may hit it off together.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:06:56 +0000

Jewish Vikings? ;>

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:55:35 +0000

And in that, we may well see a further bit of cunning on the part of the mayor, as Veritas hinted at above. On the one side, by not stopping her, they duck political responsibility. In doing so, and allowing him do get quite nearly disowned it sounds, this is a further encouragement (alongside the stipend) for the pair to hang about. Likely, this will be followed up by many “I’m sorry it happened”s and “You are always welcome here”s. Of course, this still depends on the crowd…and how important the jivu vows are locally.

Not only that, but if the mayor wished war upon Heleshario (for example), by letting him be rebuked, he may be able to drum up support with this incident; “they insult our heroes” and so forth.

I’m curious to see what will come of the mayor’s choice of discretion. And my sympathy to the star-crossed lovers as well.

By: sythyry

sythyry — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:43 +0000

Well, she’s from Heleshario, not Eigrach. (Hence her calling Jyondre “traitor” as well as “vile one”.)

By: heavenscalyx

heavenscalyx — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:07:23 +0000

Well, Jyondre’s mother just totally sabotaged the town’s ploy, didn’t she?

By: sythyry

sythyry — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:58:32 +0000

I think it might be a jivu matter, though I do not know for certain.

By: Veritas

Veritas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:56:48 +0000

What I wonder, though, is if there’s more calculation to the mayor’s move(restraining Rehit) than may be immediately apparent.

For the time being, Jyondre is the crowd’s darling; how might they react to such a condemnation? Could be anywhere along a vast scale… I do hope they at least don’t pick up the negative vibe and turn on him over it.

If, on the other hand, they rally to him… well, that could say intriguing things about the future of traff in Eigrach.