1)
“Do you mean to say, Wolf, that you’ve been ruling MY kingdom PART time?”
“No, no, Elvar. YOU’VE been ruling it. I’ve just been running it behind the scenes. Part time.”
“Well, what’ve you been doing with the rest of your time?” 2)
“Building you a strong force of capable courtiers for when I went down, frustrating the treasonous plots of your oh-so-loyal nobles so as to keep you on the throne, and covertly meddling in the affairs of rival realms so as… #epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 6, 2019
3)
…to delay wars.”
“Well, that last one didn’t work out so well, did it?”
“On the contrary, I bought us at least a decade. I just needed TWO decades to rebuild our armies.”
“From embezzled nothing. YOUR embezzlement.”
“Not so!” 4)
“Oh? Let’s hear YOUR version.”
“Verily, Sire. I arranged for two-thirds of your army to get slaughtered in that border dispute in Ardrake Vale, remember?”
“I’m hardly going to forget bald-faced TREASON!”
“Ah, but it wasn’t.”
“No?”
“No?”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 6, 2019
5)
“No. That two-thirds were the forces who’d been co-opted by the treasonous Lady Marlyra.”
“Ah, my darling Velvethips. I DO miss her, Wolf.”
“She wasn’t planning on missing you, Elvar.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 6, 2019