Lend Me Your Hand

[Kralek 519]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAGGZNfUkU

 

Verthaik slowly begins to trudge up a set of wooden stairs, emerging on top of a large pedestal facing a crowd of dwarves squeezing into the Dwarven capital of Kal’Akash. He pivots to face the growing crowd, his face with a solemn touch, quickly averting to one of sternness and confidence. A deep breath is taken and a pause filled with a scratch of his long, flowing black beard. His smooth blue eyes skim over the crowd and he opens his mouth with sanctity, a thick voice penetrating the ears of those listening.

 

“T’ere have been maneh ah Kings! Weh have ‘ad our share o’ teh good ‘uns an’ teh  bad ‘uns!” He pauses for a brief moment before continuing “Weh have ‘ad teh fortune o’ teh Brathmordakin in ah truleh Gran’ King w’o ‘as unfortunatleh passed on from us. May Dungrimm accep’ ‘im…’e w’os ah true Dwed. ‘E rebuilt our kingdom from it’s shattered pieces an’ made somet’in t’at ‘ad ‘ope. W’ot weh need now is ah true dwed t’at can folleh in Balek’s footsteps an’ lead teh Kingdom furtheh inteh ah greateh age. Ah lend ah ‘and to yeh, meh Dwedmar kinsmen, teh make ah broighteh future fer yerselves, yer kin, an’ yer familiehs!”

Verthaik stares out to the crowd, beginning to pace back and forth as he speaks to them while moving his hands as he talks, “Teh Kingdom can beh ah frail t’ing, if given to teh wrong ‘ands. An meh ‘ands ‘ave been ‘arden an’ trained for t’is position by constan’ work an’ success towards t’is great Kingdom. As ah beardlin’ to t’is Kingdom, ah journeyed from meh los’ famileh. ‘Oldin meh dead motheh in meh arms she told meh o’ ah place w’ere Dwed live in numbehs an’ greatness. W’ere great Dwed craftehs, warriors, an’ buildehs ar’ ah plenteh. Ah made meh way to teh kingdom an’ found w’ot she ‘ad told meh. Ah great kingdom an’ ah greateh people. Stubborn, yet proideful. Fierce, yet friendleh. Short, bu’ great! Ah knew t’at t’is place would beh meh future an’ t’at alongsoide t’ese great people t’is kingdom woul’ create wondehs if lead by true Dwed. As ah soon learned, teh task woul’ nay beh an easeh ‘un, bu’ ah woul’ nay give up! Ah fought corruption to teh bes’ o’ meh abiliteh. Bein’ teh youngest Gran’ Marshal in Urguan’s existence ah revoived teh Legion an’ made ah foightin’ force t’at coul’ defend teh Kingdom from it’s enemehs. As teh last known Fros’beard ah revoived meh great clan to become ‘un o’ greatest ‘uns o’ its days. As ah poor an’ destitute Dwed to teh Kingdom ah became ‘un o’ teh richest ‘uns o’ teh entoire Kingdom. Ah managed to do t’ings othehs coul’ nay do.

He pauses to glance over the crowd of dwarves, continuing his speech,
“Ah shall nay forget t’ose w’o ‘ave stood by meh soide along teh way. Teh guide meh. Teh teach meh. Teh support meh. An’ teh aid meh. Teh great Dwedmar people ah speak o’ t’at stand before meh on t’is day. Loike Rhewen, meh gran’pappi, w’o supported meh an’ aided meh an’ makin’ meh clan w’ot i’ is todeh. Uldar an’ Jorik w’o assisted in revoivin’ teh Legion. Ognar w’o taught meh alon’ teh way. Meh brotheh Varuk w’o ‘as stood by meh soide. T’ese beh onleh ah few o’ teh Dwed whom ah speak o’. T’ere beh maneh mo’, most loikleh teh entoire Dwedmar population. W’en yeh vote fer meh, yeh vote fer teh Dwedmar people. It’s ‘istoreh, i’s kinship, an’ it’s gloreh in all it’s bareness."

 

“Yeh deserve ah leadeh w’o ‘as proven his worth t’rough experience an’ knows how he mus’ guide his people, his flock, his kin. Teh governmen’ mus’ beh restructered teh nay onleh allow fer t’ose few privileged fellehs teh take poweh an’ use i’ in small ways t’at in nay way ‘elp teh kingdom. T’ere will beh competen’ an’ direct courtiehs w’o know bes’ teh serve t’eir people. All shall ‘ave chance undeh meh rule an’ Ttey will be monitored on t’eir progress an’ success teh make sure t’ey do t’eir job correctleh.

Teh Senate shall beh ah t’ing utiloized so t’at teh clans voices shall beh made ‘eard properleh an’ effectivleh. Allowin’ mo’ toime fer debate an’ meetin’s.

‘Olds shall beh made inteh ah system w’ich will nay allow t’em teh remain ‘ollow an’ empteh ‘usks so t’at few may roam wit’ pretteh toitles an’ nothin’ teh show fer. Dead ‘olds will nay beh allowed an’ throivin’ ‘uns will beh allowed teh prospeh.
Relations wit’ teh otheh descendan’s shall beh made ah prioriteh. Fer too long ‘ave weh made fools o’ ourselves in teh eyes o’ teh otheh races. Weh shall delegate an’ talk w’ere need an’ trade wit’ t’em so t’at our friendships shall prospeh.

Teh King shall ‘ear ‘is people’s pleas as much as ‘e possibleh can an’ if ‘e canne do it t’en he shall make sure his courtiehs do."

 

“Teh otheh candidates beh ‘onorable Dwed, akin teh goo’ t’ings, bu’ nay teh laddehs t’at can lead t’is kingdom. T’ey may beh friends ‘er noice teh yeh, bu’ t’at does nay mean t’at t’ey will do great t’ings as King. Sayin’ t’ey wan’ great t’ings beh far differen’ t’an doin’ great t’ings an’ can delieveh.”

He takes one last pause, taking a deep breath and then speaking louder than before, his voice trembling as it echoes through the cave,

“Ah promise yeh t’at undeh meh ruleshhip, ah can accomplish teh great an’ teh wonderous. Teh create ah Kingdom w’ich withstands teh test o’ toime an’ is reckoned by its enemehs. Take meh ‘and an’ weh shall see t’is to fruition; ah truleh Gran’ Kingdom.”

[Gnomistry 1115]

Beros nods looking up to him "Well ah don live wif yeh folk oim still glad t'e kingdom will beh on ah new fres' track."

[James 425]

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