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Carlota is barely even considering having agreed to add some of the conservative nobles to her committee a concession. Her committee doesn't in fact have enough reasonable people and if it has more of them, that will improve matters. She does not really expect the conservative nobles to disagree with her that much about what to do about bandits and monsters and irresponsible local lords.
"I call this meeting of the Safe Roads and Safe Villages to order. Our first order of business is to vote in the new members who were discussed on the floor."
afternoon committee meeting
in-another-life
Well, at least today he's not on tense and confusing terms with the chair over accidentally almost wresting the position from her. Could be worse. Could also be better, but what couldn't be.
the-right-sort
One of them is the guy who just argued on the floor they should outlaw Calistria’s church!
iron-hand-and-head
Also this guy, who has been feeling much more sympathy for Calistria than usual. On the floor he was mostly agreeing with Acevedo though.
law-order-peace
And this guy, who was invited, and naively assumes that means he won't be voted on.
in-another-life
"As I understand it, we have to vote individually on them or we can ask the floor to reconstitute the committee and add all the new members. I'd prefer not to do that, but I will if necessary, having already on the floor suggested that they join our committee for it. Can our new potential representatives introduce yourselves and give a brief account of what your experience relevant to this committee is?"
law-order-peace
"Felip III, Duke of Fraga. I was previously the captain of a Mendevian mercenary band, and before that a wandering adventurer through Galt and the Broken Lands. Fraga is mostly rural, and I have spent much of the last year on the road, inspecting the duchy and its villages."
iron-hand-and-head
"Marquis Vidal Puig de Almenar. Almenar borders the Barrowood - I've spent my life keeping my roads and villages safe from the forest. I fell in battle at the outbreak of the civil war and was returned from Axis by the grace of the Archmage Naima."
the-right-sort
"Francisco, Count of Acevedo. I was an adventurer and baron in Taldor, near the Verduran forest, before I abdicated my title and returned to Cheliax. The Acevedo county was never the home of any great cities, but it has lessened under infernal rule and I've been working on righting that - repairing bridges, patrolling roads, protecting the harvest, and ensuring my vassals rule ably and justly."
the-right-sort
Of course he does, there's a reason Calistrians are incompatible with civilized countries. Fortunately his opinion doesn't matter.
in-another-life
Probably they're going to get nothing done today but a fight over adding people, aren't they.
