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They say that clerics of Gorum are invited to speak at the Constitutional Convention.
Wait, did you say all the major nobles and the men to guard them will all be away at the capital for weeks?
In that case, clerics of Gorum have better things to do than visit the capital to debate laws.
“You’re asking the right questions. I will explain to you all the principles that determine why some people are killed and others are not killed. Pay attention, there will be a test at the end.”
“Every man who is alive has some reason for it. A reason why no one has killed him. There are a few of those, and I will now go over them.”
”The first is strength. This is the best reason and it is the main one I use. There are some who want me dead, but they all either decide not to kill me or die. Because I am strong enough to kill them first.”
“Didn’t think so.”
”Now, on to the second reason for a man to not be killed. Because those who want him alive are stronger than those who want him dead. Those who want him dead have been killed by those who want him alive, or are afraid of the threat of being killed. Most men and nearly all women and children are alive for this second reason.”
Even without spells, even when being dragged to his execution by bandits, the local Chosen of Asmodeus has his presence. The old man is broken and frail, but he stands and looks down on the crowd as if he were a god. He owns you, still. He is the sculptor and you are the clay. He pulled your darkest secrets out of you and wrote them down in his book. He knows your worst fear because he’s the one who gave it to you. No one knew it was possible to do that to a person, much less for that long, before he came into town.
“None of you will go home until someone can answer. It is not a hard test, this is the most basic principle. Why. Is he. Alive?”
“Surely, some of you want him dead. So why is he alive? I will give you a hint. It is not because he is strong enough to kill you all.”
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