Yay the Emperor has returned. And lo and behold he's going to create a
new House for his very own self. Yes, he is going to show all the other
houses what we are doing wrong.

According to statements made by Prince Zahmekoses, his House is the only
one the Emperor likes and apparently it is the only one that is doing
things properly. Which is really amusing considering the Emperor claims
to have no tolerance for stupidity. So, does this mean that Bahir'an and
Voltaire are wallowing in.. What was that? Oh yes, the ranks of bottom
dwellers.

But then, we were given to understand that we were supposed to act like
nobles rather than thugs. Perhaps we should have been listening to
Nebre'seir all along as he thumped upon his allies and his own kind
posturing and making his own desperate grabs for the throne all the
while. Or is it okay to be a thug, as long as you're properly arrogant?
Perhaps it is desirable to make a fool of yourself before the world
repeatedly as well.

Of course, I won't go so far as to suggest that perhaps if the Emperor
had not abandoned his loyalists for some 15 odd years, they might not
have traveled so far from his most illustrious intentions. No, never go
that far....

But I digress.

Now, if you'll look at the current political state of Bloodloch, you
will see that Kauller is the Keeper and you have four additional council
members. In addition to Kauller -Bouchard- there is Ryv Bouchard. Now,
your Imperial Majesty, I am quite certain you can see what there may
upset a proper Consanguine. Two Bouchards taking up spots on the same
council is certainly not how things should be.

If you plan to rule Bloodloch again, your Imperial Majesty, and I assume
you do, through years of the hard work of the bottom-feeders, of course,
you cannot expect people to sit back and let you fill the council with
people of your personal House. Even if you are the rightful Emperor as
opposed to an extremely lucky Grand Duchess who had a moment of
cleverness.

Now I can see the logic and wisdom of choosing perhaps two childer and
maybe even a wife to act as your councilors, second in command and heirs
lest you decide once more that we're too much trouble for you to bother
with. But these people certainly wouldn't be eligible for membership to
the council while you sat on the throne, that would make you just as bad
as our little princess over there.

Further, there is not a self-respecting House in the realm that does not
roll its eyes in disgust every time a new House is formed. And here, you
are alienating them. You are saying, I will make a House better than all
of yours. You have worked 20 years to get where you are, to become
great, to become a name that Consanguine are proud to wear. But I, just
because I am the Emperor, just because the Greatmother embraced me and
not you, am going to create one better. Yes far better than all of you,
just because I am me. And I don't have to work for what I get, because I
have the bottom dwellers to do the work for me.

I have long waited for the day that all Consanguine could have access to
Bloodloch. And long dreamed of the time when all the houses would be
reminded that they were cousins. And Kauller would be chained to the
cliffs over the entrance, her screams as the sun rose each morning
serving as a warning to those who would try to divide them again.

If it is the intention of the Emperor to hold true to Kauller's elitist
values, then perhaps he does not deserve our support either. I can see,
and have no problem with, the crushing of Bouchard (with the exception
of a few members) and Cirahn (with no exceptions). I have no interest,
however, in watching the other Houses of Bloodloch, bastard houses
though they may be, receive the same treatment from the Emperor as the
True Blood loyalist Houses have received from Kauller.

But who am I? A single mortal respected only in certain circles - a
mortal who can certainly expect to die when the sun goes down for making
such statements about a man who fate has treated better than those she
serves. A man who, much like Kauller, has little wisdom and much luck.
My manicurist will be delighted.

The Mother Hen of the Bottom Dwellers,
Emir Isabis T'sa-Bahir'an
Dona of the Blood


Penned by my hand on the 20th of Chakros, in the year 75 MA.