Match record

dvx versus discord-dave

Duchess Alice

dvx

4

Count Robert

discord-dave

1

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 — Four of Swords. The peasant once saved a knight during a bandit ambush in the outer provinces.

  3. King A man who has drawn blood for the realm is not a common thief. That changes the complexion of this. I had assumed a beggar with excuses; this man has earned something. I will hear more before I decide.

  4. King leans toward Duchess Alice +1.

  5. Count Robert Politics — Exile of Death. The king’s spies suggest that unrest will escalate either way.

  6. King My own spies? Either way, you say. So Count Robert brings me news that my judgment is futile, that unrest grows regardless of what I decide. I did not end a barons' revolt by wringing my hands at inevitability. I find this defeatist counsel irritating, not persuasive.

  7. King leans toward Duchess Alice +1.