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The Honourable Wrathion
In Service of the Esteemed Macaluso Spina
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

We have asked ourselves before what defines a ruler. We have asked why concerns were being brushed away. Taravast has long been known as a good and safe citadel. The sons of greatness, a mixed people who come together and make a place that is truly the envy of many. Where else could one see such incredible things? Only Taravast. Its citizens are proud.

Now, we see a dark truth.

Bonaccorso Spina has turned against the people.

First his nephew, imprisoned under false charges. Now the people plead with him and he calls them spoiled, shameless! For wanting homes repaired. For wanting safety, and food to eat. He sets the witches of Bessis to rain down fire on those who beg him for help.

Bonaccorso Spina may have once been a great man, but his own mortality has twisted him. A fear of death, of legacy. He cares not for you, not for Taravast, but for himself. What kind of man turns fire on his own citizens? Is this righteous?

You may believe this cannot be true. I wish I could say it was not so, that I had not seen so many lives wasted.

A child cannot be held responsible for the sins of their father.

Macaluso and Vannozza are as much victims of Bonaccorso Spina's crimes as we were. They have been imprisoned, threatened, used. Perhaps we should ask ourselves, what did Macaluso know that caused him to be locked away? Did he try to reason, to plead our case, to seek justice? What pain he must have gone through!

Honourable citizens of Taravast, we live in dark times -- but you are strong, and darkness helps us appreciate light all the more. Taravast will rebuild, and will see peace again. Yet for this to happen it must unite. Today, Taravast has reached a turning point in its history. It will meet the future head on, and build it brighter than ever. Take solace in this, and know that Don Macaluso will see Taravast strong once more.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
May Fortune Ever Favour Taravast!

[ ooc; respond via network or piazza as you like, just let me know which as Wrathion is obviously... playing a role on piazza ]

elfuego

A Concerned Citizen
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

The people of Taravast must remember who it is that works against them. There is no honor in stealing from one another while those whose actions caused this situation sit by in relative comfort.

Where were our leaders when our city was under siege?

When her people needed them, those who rule Taravast turned a blind eye to the violence, suffering, and death of those they hold power over and hid like frightened children behind a wall of witches who should have been defending this city's people instead of protecting the gutless nobility.

Innocent people have died and have had their lives and livelihoods destroyed because of the false belief that the leaders of Taravast would protect them.

The time to help one another and be unified is now.

The people of Taravast deserve answers and restitution for the pain and suffering the honorless cowards in power have subjected them to!

We must stand together and stop taking from those who have nothing to give. Do not give the nobility another reason to act as though you are beneath them. You are what makes this city great, not them.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!

wooden_one

The Honourable Chu Wanning
In Service of the Esteemed Macaluso Spina
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

What defines a city--a ruler if not how their most vulnerable are treated? For servants to disappear without explanation or investigation, what does that say about those running this city? Those who should offer protection and justice to those working under them? What does it say that those who are vulnerable feel they need to seek sanctuary from a stranger to the city?

And then to have their concerns brushed off as them wanting money without further investigation even when the person disappears? In a city with so much knowledge and wealth, why are there still people who suffer this way? Only because they are servants?

If the people here will not fight for them then I will. I had failed to provide the sanctuary that maid sought and I will carry that failure with me. But know this: I will not stop until I've given them justice. I will get to the bottom of this no matter what it takes.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
~~May Fortune Ever Favour Don Bonaccorso!~~

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[He looks as he always does, except his coldness seems more angry than his usual aloofness.]

Two servants from Don Bonaccorso's wing have gone missing, most likely killed. The second maid....it was my fault. I was asked for sanctuary and protection and I failed to keep her safe. [He admitted it without hesitation even though the guilt and self-loathing was eating him alive. He failed and another had to bare the consequences. But he's more angry than he is sad (right now, right now he has to focus on that anger).] But in that case, I have a responsibility to give her justice, to at least find her body and give her a proper burial and make those responsible pay for their actions.

I-- [This part is hard. He has no problem admitting guilt but admitting he needed help? That felt impossible. But this wasn't about him. He had a duty.] I need help. The healers I interrogated weren't lying when they said they didn't know what was going on, but like this I have no leads left to follow.

binghua

The Honourable Xiao Xingchen
In Service of the Esteemed Macaluso Spina
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

Don Macaluso's offer has been heard and otherwise dismissed, understandably so. Criticisms of his actions after the cowardly poisoning of his guests are, I think it is safe to say, warranted. And yet, where has his good cousin been amid all this? Has the Lady also no spine to at least speak up and condemn the actions of what appears to be a dissenting citizen? Has she also not looked beyond appearances to find the spark that drove him to such treachery? Did he act alone? Did someone with power drive him to it? Where is the justice? Where is the truth?

I urge these cousins to become better than they have been, not for their own face, but to help their guests. For we are guests! And yet we have been left to our own devices to search for our own cures while those with real power and influence sit by either silent or unwilling to move. Surely the great city of Taravast is better than this. Taravast certainly deserves better than this.

Someone must stand up and put an end to all this.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
May Fortune Ever Favour Don Bonaccorso!

sankta

The Concerned Citizen
In Service of the Great Taravast
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

Lady Odile and hers were spotted whispering to few warning about the poison before it occurred.

Curious....

How did she come to know? How did she come to choose her saved?

What secrets does the Lady keep...

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
May Fortune Ever Favour Don Bonaccorso!

( OOC NOTE- please note if responding via device network or via Piazza, as Alina will respond differently based on each. )

beitangmoran

The Honourable Beitang Moran
In Service of the Esteemed Vannozza Spina
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

To send men armed with blades to people who are rightly worried for the future of their homeland, is that really what the just and fair ruler of that land should do?

If a subject cannot bring a grievance to their Lord for fear that they will be accused themselves and made to be criminals, then where is fairness in the world ? Can you really entrust the future prosperity of this glorious city to one so ill-tempered he would turn on his own people without the least self-examination in his own conduct when they admonish him?

Truly, this is the mark of a weak temperament. The stars did not err when they showed me the vision of this city ruled by a strong but fair hand, that of a lady of repute who can heed the people's concerns.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
May Fortune Ever Favour Don Bonaccorso!

thesuspense

The Honourable Chengmei
In Service of the Esteemed Vannozza Spina
Speaking Only Their Truth and Their Wisdom
Humbly Puts before the Piazza:

Xie Lian is a liar and a wanton harlot.

May All Good People Hear, May All Good People Know!
May Fortune Ever Favour Don Bonaccorso!

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Entries tagged with the piazza

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