1. I see. Then the regicide of our late king Lambert was [cdb]orchestrated by none other than you and your [cdb]accomplices here, Viscount Mateus.
  2. What's more, you had the audacity to pin the blame [cdb]for your crime on to the innocent people of Duscur.
  3. We did what we believed to be right. And we still [cdb]believe it so. I bear neither shame nor regret for our [cdb]actions.
  4. Our hand was forced, Baron. We took no pleasure in [cdb]the deed.
  5. But we could not lie down and allow Lambert to [cdb]trample over us with his tyrannical policies.
  6. His beloved eastern lords may have submitted with [cdb]naught but a whimper, knowing full well that they [cdb]would always have the favor of the king.
  7. But we in the west refused to play his game. It's as [cdb]simple as that.
  8. I understand the situation you found yourself in, [cdb]but I fail to see the righteousness or necessity in the [cdb]measures you chose.
  9. Of course, aspects of Lambert's reign troubled me [cdb]as well.
  10. Yet one can never predict what may lie on the other [cdb]side of a violent, radical revolution.
  11. With that understanding in mind, I decided to obey [cdb]the late king's wishes.
  12. If you took issue with his policy, you should have [cdb]made a formal protest. Surely a dialogue is a more [cdb]preferable outcome to cold-blooded murder.
  13. Any protest we made would never have drowned out [cdb]the chorus of his blind devotees.
  14. Wrong. His Majesty would have listened had you [cdb]only explained your troubles. I'm sure of it.
  15. Instead, you cast aside your duties as his retainers, [cdb]crawled into a fetid bed with the Empire, and ended [cdb]his life like the base cowards you are.
  16. Well, the time has come to face judgment for [cdb]your sins.
  17. My, my. Do you really think yourself so different [cdb]from them, dear Baron?
  18. Cornelia, you scheming wretch.
  19. "Judgment for your sins"? Do you think this is one of [cdb]that decrepit church's tired old parables?
  20. Sorry, but you're part of this now. Trapped here like [cdb]the rest of us.
  21. So be a good little boy and do your part in sowing [cdb]chaos in Faerghus. And the rest of Fódlan while [cdb]you're at it.
  22. Nrgh.