The Ambitious Scheme

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Everyone! Lend me your ears!

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Soon we will arrive in the Valley of Torment, where our Imperial allies will fight for supremacy against the forces of the Kingdom and Central Church.

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This is certain to be a violent and bloody battle. Death will indeed feast well this day.

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So think long and hard... Is this what you want?

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Yes, we signed a pact with the Empire—but only under duress after they overran our lands!

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And what was the other option? To side with a corrupt church and the Kingdom they cling to? Never! A false choice is no choice at all!

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But now—right here and now—the Leicester Alliance has a chance to turn the tables!

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Loyal friends! Brave allies! Fellow visionaries!

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Will we accept an emperor who pays for her needless wars in the coin of our blood?

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Will we submit to an archbishop and a king who would shackle us to their outmoded customs?!

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I say no! I say never! And this day, on this battlefield, we stake a claim to a future of our own making!

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This day, we help these monsters destroy themselves and claim this world for our own!

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This day, we declare war against the Empire and the Kingdom!

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I take it you heard the ill news, Your Majesty?

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Moments ago, yes.

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I underestimated you, Claude.