Match record

discord-dave versus dvx

Duchess Alice

discord-dave

3

Count Robert

dvx

4

The Jean Valjean Problem

A peasant caught stealing bread pleads for mercy while a merchant demands punishment. Duchess Alice defends compassion; Count Robert upholds order.

  1. King Let us begin. Duchess Alice, what say you?

  2. Duchess Alice Gossip — Death. The High Priest warned of a coming curse if mercy is not shown to the lowborn.

  3. King A curse? The High Priest's warnings are not to be taken lightly. I do not dismiss spiritual threat… though I note divine displeasure is convenient to invoke when earthly law proves inconvenient. Still, it gives me pause.

  4. King leans toward Duchess Alice +1.

  5. Count Robert Politics — Dream of Wisdom. A cult has formed in the slums, glorifying lawlessness as divine will.

  6. King A cult glorifying lawlessness as divine will… that is not a loaf of bread, that is a fire in the slums. If mercy feeds that fire, then mercy becomes recklessness. This changes the shape of my fear considerably.

  7. King leans toward Count Robert +2.