1)
“Well, it’s nice to know I’m not UTTERLY talentless. The talentless must be the worst sort of kings.”
“No.”
“No?”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2019
2)
“The worst sort of kings, Elvar, are hair-trigger-temper, energetic, paranoid, cruel, unbiddable tyrants. ‘Despots,’ if you just want one word.”
“Because they refuse to be the puppets of their courtiers?”#epicfantasy 3)
“Exactly. Courtiers know best. They’re professionals.”
“Ah. Like the scantily-clad ladies who await trade at alley corners of evenings.”
“There IS a difference. We courtiers have better working conditions.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 22, 2019