Inherited Enemies

Richard hadn’t spent too many days in Norland time on the Forest Plane, but when he returned he was faced with an ultimatum from the Sacred Tree Empire. They were asking him to explain his killing of Marquess Brahms; if his reasoning was inadequate, they would be forced to take action against him.

This note had a stern tone, but it didn’t take any genius to realise that this was a sign of weakness. If the Empire was firm, they wouldn’t have needed to explain anything and could just send troops over. He himself had done exactly that, heading to the Brahms territory and killing all obstacles on the way.

These kinds of notes were a common diplomatic dance. Richard spent a few minutes writing some fluff, having...