18-178 (Patreon)
Content
Rats, I forgot to notch Ruck's tongue there.
So yes, Queen Sonorie sincerely thought she'd let General Bell hang himself by goading him on towards the sedition she was pretty sure (and apparently correct) he was jonesing for. She instructed Ruckmearkha - who had already been located and awakened to facilitate the Black Tongues' work with Roger - to deliver divine bliss and be the god that Bell thought he was serving (ultimately himself, in her opinion). She sent her Peaceguard - Toma and Elka and Petr - to try and catch him or his agents red-handed with the Silver - and it all went to shit from there.To be fair, we know there were cosmic forces in play at the same time - Lady Ilganyag's terrible plot - taking advantage of this every step of the way. For all her scheming, Sonorie, too, was a cog in Ilganyag's machine.Now, your Majesty, whatcha gonna do? Double down? Your co-conspirator is here too. Roger is wondering if you'll finish it.