1)
“No, NO draperies. We want the window big and bright and unencumbered. So the King can look out over his kingdom every day, and see the hired wenches a-sporting down on the royal lawns.”
“Hired wenches?”
“Yes. I hire them.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 3, 2019
2)
“But why?”
“To distract the King. While he’s sporting with a new lovely, he’s not making ruling decisions or coming up with new ideas. New ideas are DANGEROUS.”
“Why?”
“They mean change, and that threatens our current rank.”#epic fantasy 3)
“I…suppose, Lord Wolf. I LIKE the King.”
“So do I, but he’s a peril to be managed. His father understood the duties of a king, but this one’s got a brain. And worse, an IMAGINATION.”
“So what are the duties of a king, then?”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 3, 2019
4)
“To get drunk, rut, order executions when told to, and go hunting and riding and fall off and have to be comforted in bed. All the while leaving the decisions and real ruling to the professionals: us, the senior courtiers.”#epic fantasy 5)
“I see. Do the other courtiers know this?”
“Not yet, and DON’T tell them. They all know where the Castle vaults and the blank proclamations are, and people get trampled in stampedes.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 3, 2019