Mordred of Kaldor

((OOC: Just a thread with a few IC thoughts of Mordy. Hope it gives an interesting read.




What a fool that man was. Mordred approached him in the Rose to see how he was. What he got was an equiped crossbow and a "What do you want.". So much for friendship and understanding between two friends of opposing factions. And on top of that, a bunch of elfs trying to protect him from a threat I did not pose. The fools. Saying all the stuff about the two of us wanting to kill eachother. The man had become paranoid. He knew he could get a far worse beating.

Everybody is criticising me for letting him go off easily. And I did. Fifteen lashes and a warning compared to a permanent injury is getiing off lightly.

But all this has helped me see all the prejudice that was there. Kaldorians. Always looking for fights and ways to hurt people. That is what they all thought. Even though they might pose as friends. Why didn't our so called common friends tell him to stop his crazy crusade against us? I guess, him wanting to attacks us and draw our blood is fine by them. Hypocrits. The elfs were no less prejudiced than anyone else. Nothing said against Captain Devante, but when he gets caught and punished for continually attacking us we are at fault. It has been a long time since the moot in trinsic ended. Since then all we have done is defend what is our own and yet we are the ones that are wrong.

Maybe this whole passive stance we have taken against the Marksmen is wrong. And a great part of that stance is meh own fault. We are not in the wrong. And when we are attacked we are allowed to defend. I think it is time for the tables to be turned. If Devante does not heed my final warning and attacks us again, it will be Marksmen hunting season for us. At least then, the fool I called a friend and our socalled common friends will realise that up until now, they really had nothing serious to nag or worry about. Yes. Maybe giving them an actual reason to do so will show them how wrong they were. And then they can beg to stop us from wiping out this pathetic regiment of his. No. His men are just following his orders. Orders he alone has imagined. Jurell apologised ter us fer the Captains attacks on us and told us that they were not sanctioned. Fool of a man...

Can there ever be true friendship between two people in places of conflicting interests? Or is it just a fairy tale we would like to believe in and think "Okay, its good for as long as it lasts". If this is true then...how can I say to this young woman that she can trust me. That everything will be alright and that I will never hurt her. How do I know that for sure. I don't. And I will have to let her know. I will have to tell her.

Curse this fool I called a friend. He has ruined more things for me than he will ever realise or know. I am enraged. And if he does not heed my warning, I will follow it through. And I will leave him leading an army of incapacitaded archers good for nothing.

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