SRNissen/PromisestothePeople01

Honesty in Government, the Second Promise

The purpose of Solar Exaltation is leadership. Of this, I am certain.

I am mighty beyond any dreams my father had for me. My teacher Kato, whom I once believed to be the mightiest swordsman alive, is now of such lesser stature I would not recognize him passing in the street, did I not know him.

That is a goodness, but of what use is this? I could slay any man I want. I could slay a hundred. I might even be able to face a thousand man without being brought down. Yet where is the purpose in such battle? It is of no use. There are great beings in the world, beings still beyond me. Beings with whom I cannot contend. The Maimer of the East was one such. Huge. So vast it surpassed all belief, and powerful beyond measure. Yet it was brought down by the Talon of Heshiesh. Such a Manse could not have been made without a thousand peasant workers.

If left to their own devices, such peasants would toil the fields for generations, until the Maimer arrived and brought them all down. If I extended my full powers, I could slay those thousand peasants, and be brought down myself by the Maimer. But in conjunction, working together, we can craft such weapons as can keep anything at bay. I long for the day Ranin brings us news of a target to destroy, Resonating Adamant supplies the knowledge of how to build, and I bring a thousand thousand workers together, to raise all the Manses on the Dragon Line and once again activate the Talon of Heshiesh. Working together, as great leaders of the people of the Sunlit Garden, we can do anything. Apart, in a state of bickering, we can only bring our people to downfall, and subjugation at the hands of the Dragonblooded once more. That would be our greatest sin.

And so, to avoid this downfall, we the Triumvirate of the Sunlit Garden, swore an oath before each other and before the Unconquered Sun:

"Let us make a pact, that we will never lie about the good of the realm."

Those were the words heard by the Sun. In flashing golden essence they were written on the walls around us. Forever can you expect them to hold true.