Serpentis Family/Erik Eyolf/Over the Mountain
Erik learned to have the eyes of a builder. He knew that the old Serpent, his distant parante Yeux Serpentis, had taken religious powers. More than that. He had become a wealthy builder. Architect of impressive temples. Agyr was his Avamar. Now Erik had time to receive and send messages over great distances. Receive and inform the news since the death of Gregor Eyolf Serpentis, Legendary Hero of the White City. The stories of his family were interesting and the dragon asked himself about the selfishness that kept them distant and always tied to their own universes.
His universe was now Elmbar where the Stormwalkers were forced to conduct civil work. The soldiers hated the mission. The Duke of Avamar was sitting on a balcony of the house temporarily confiscated. There he would wait until the work is completed, reading and answering his letters. The elections would delay his plans for the tournament. Still, he would want all the armies at home and the greatest number of nobles for the sword fight. Some fun would make the victorious Sirionites feels better. Perhaps to appease the wrath of ambitious young nobles who want to make their names in a new war.
Erik Eyolf: "The young ones. They don't know when make peace and when make war. They don't understand that peace is just a little time of preparation before a new attack. Now we can choose. And they want to use that luxury conquered in a war where we didn't have many choices and where heroes died. The Sultanate died some days ago. Ibladesh is almost died and new realms florusih much more fast than Nivemus. They cannot see that now we need to wait a little until the leaderships of the East Continent take a wrong step. I don't want to see Sirion doing it in the first place."
Nesrah: "They don't have the same level of information you have..."
Erik Eyolf: "When you are on the ground, you must rely on those above you in the watchtower. I'm in the Ivory Tower. They should listen and judge wisely."
Nesrah: "If I remember was you who said that peace is the mother of all lies? You, Enemy of Peace."
Erik Eyolf: "Context, Ancient One. We could not offer peace before we see our enemies destroyed. I was right. Today we are victorious. We never offered peace, we have imposed it on our terms. I would have imposed the harshest terms. But they relented..."
Nesrah: "And now...?"
Erik Eyolf: "Now we don't need to impose a new the war. We can wait and choose the side we want to help in our best interests. Some people need to learn to be more patient, smart and insightful."
Nesrah: "In times of war you see the darkest side of a noble. In peace, you must see the human part..."
Erik Eyolf: "I'm not a human. By experience, in times of war they have their honor. In times of peace our people will show just the greed and thirst for revenge they have. The human part is what worries me..."
