Role

Chapter 7

The new Dreadlord had risen swiftly. It wasn't but a moon ago that he was
but a Bloodoath. He made no qualms about upsetting the balance that
Muuksube had carefully orchestrated. He was, for lack of a better word,
destructive.

Like many of his guild, Keilheil's bloodlust drove him to only murder.
His focus seemed single purposed, to feed his unholy spear for power.

Muuksube felt himself drawn back to his youth in Arangird, before his
eyes were ripped from his head. The lessons of his instructors echoing
now as they did then. All to be slain for the possibility of power.
Their craft was intoxicating. The lure of the bloodfrenzy leading to
further slaughter.

Keilheil's god was Destuvius, but he seemed to be only in name. He
was not a man of faith, he only sought sufficient reason to slay.
The Dreadlord seemed giving, but it wass only for the return
of future power. Muuksube was on to his game, and unfortunately,
he felt he was being beaten.

Khormand and Elodan had given their word that they would vote for his
ascention to the Throne. Muuksube believed it would come down to their
honesty and loyalty to Muuksube. If they were swayed by the trinkets
of the Dreadlord, then that was the truth he would endure.

Muuksube had difficulty in choosing who he would vote for. He felt it
most likely that the Dreadlord would vote for Elodan, as he seemed
the least likely to win. Muuksube, too, wished to vote for the
Shadowlord, but for different reasons. Namely, Elodan was the first
to pledge his vote for Muuksube. They had risen together before
either Khormand or Keilheil were heros in their guild. It seemed fitting.

Perhaps Muuksube was being blind, and perhaps his decision would
lead to his own failures to rise. Perhaps, he sought the simplist
reason to be true to his own heart. Either way, he could not in good
conscious vote for the Dreadlord with the belief that as before, he
would only be betrayed by his kind. If he is different than the rest,
was still a truth yet to be revealed. Perhaps, if he kept his word
in the vote, he could perhaps be convinced to begin to trust one
anti-paladin. If he is betrayed, it will be by more than just
Keilheil.