Greetings Aetolians,

I'll admit right away that I only started to read that last post, from
Jagged. But I picked up enough to gather the point and enough to make my
own. I'll open with this: If your -Divine Patron- voices support of
someone, about ninety nine times out of one hundred you should listen
and let it sway you as much as you can. They're Divine for a
particularly good reason. They're superior entities. Like it or not, any
given Divine can reduce you to ash at any point they feel so inclined.
If your Lady supported Omeg, you should have lent your ear and at least
given it thought before Valie promptly removed him. His actions may have
been sprouting from his desire to lead and lend aid to his colleges. So
what if you don't like it. Any good leader knows when it's their time to
step down. You change guildmasters so often, it frankly shouldn't
suprise you when someone challenges you. I can't pretend to speak for
Omeg, but he may have been pointing out ever little thing in an attempt
to clarify what needs fixing, and as far as I know, challenging is one
way to get things done. There's a reason challenging exists.
And as for referring to Lady Slyphe as 'betraying' someone by voicing
support for Omeg, I'd simply watch my words. 'Betray' is a nice strong
word, only to be used in extreme cases. An example of an 'extreme' case
would be if She outguilded everyone but Omeg and Valie, then had him
contest. From the looks of things, She didn't quite take it that far.
Valie's mistake occured when she outguilded Omeg. If she felt so
strongly that she was doing right, she should have enough trust in her
colleges and guildmates to re-elect her.
I won't go on much longer, but realize that a guild that can't trust
each other is no more than a group of weak individuals. If your guild
can't learn to support and aid each other, and learn to decide what's
best for the group instead of the individual, it may be time to decide
on how much of a 'guild' you really are. I suggest you clam up and
decide what's the most profitable in the long run. If Valie is doing so
well, would you really have these problems? Or maybe Valie just doesn't
get enough support from her secretaries. And maybe, just maybe, Lady
Slyphe was looking out for -you- instead of Herself. Find the problem,
fix it, and move to a new problem.

Penned by my hand on the 8th of Niuran, in the year 140 MA.