Gilondir Oronar. The road to Maership (Speech)

[Sander 3312]

It would be a sunny day in Aleksandria, many people were out and about in the streets and squares. A crowd would be seen gathering at Kaldwin square where a peculiar person seemed to be speeching...

"People of Courland, I'm glad to see ya all outside on today's beautiful afternoon!" Gilondir would smile widely as he noticed many friends and people he knew in the crowd. "Most of ya may know me, and may therefor know why I'm on this stage talkin' to y'all. It's 'bout time again. The next elections for Maer of Aleksandria  are around the corner. What a time it has been, hmm?" He pauses for a moment "Declared the war on Haense, fought against Haense, won over Haense and took Haense... Great times, great times... We must remember the people who fell during this war though... One of which was a good friend of most of us, James Montoya. Also known as our former Maer. He was a friend of many... A good, honest lad. Loyal to his people and always wantin' to do the right thing. I say with sadness though that he wasn't exactly what most of us had expected from him as our Maer. We also had our deputy Maer, Loic de Savin. What can be said about that man, or rather, what can't? I think that if ya'd ask my good friend Romanos there, he could tell all of you in great detail why Loic was brought to court." He grins lightly as he points at his friend at the back of the crowd. "So yeah... Our Maer died and our deputy Maer was not of great worth. This translates into what has happened with our town since last elections, not much. But I, Gilondir Oronar, plan to change that. I am running for Maer of this beautiful city and it's peoples to make a change for the better. What I want is an Aleksandria with better living standards, happier and wealthier people and a nicer streetview.

I do not know yet who else might run in this year's elections, but Horace Thassarion told me he would be running. Horace Thassarion... I look in this crowd and I see y'all think: 'Who in the name of GOD is Horace Thassarion?'. And I wouldn't blame ya.. I wouldn't blame ya... He ran last elections too, but has since not shown himself much around these parts. He is living life to the max in his fancy keep out in Lorraine. He is an outsider to the people of Aleksandria in all honesty. He thinks he can just disappear for years and then come in to take the position of Maer?! What do y'all think of that, is that normal? Do we want a Maer who's never here?!" The crowd would respond with a loud 'NO'. "Exactly, why would we want that? I am a citizen of this city. I witness day to day life in our streets, see the problems and things that need improvement. I want to do something about it. Now, some of you might not vote on me because of who I am as a person... Which I think you shouldn't judge on, you should judge someone on his capabilities, not who he is.
But well, here you have it:  I am a mali'ame, or woodelf. Now I have something to say about that. I ask ya all to consider this: I may not be a human, but I am still a Courlander." He says with a firm nod, the crowd which had become larger and larger would chear and applaud. "Vote for Gilondir Oronar as the Maer of Aleksandria, the Maer of YOU, the people!"

[!] Across town, a parchment would be spread:

"Vote for Gilondir Oronar as Maer of Aleksandria."
Plans:
Creating bigger houses.
Setting up a free clinic to improve healthcare.
Enabling the citizens of Aleksandria to have a say in the governing of the city by proposing ideas and requests to the Maer in the form of letters.
Setting up a public workplace/workshop.
Making the old tavern into one that has rooms for temporarily staying people and making it actively run again.
Improving the town's defence.
Improving the town's infrastructure: Mainly roads and lighting.
Changing the sewer system into a more efficient and safer one.
Expansion of the city.
Fulfilling additional requests brought up by citizens as much as possible.
 

It may sound like it says "Rule Britannia" but it actually says "Rule Courlandia". Also make sure to void the flag and imagine the Courland one. This is a ripoff of the glorious Courland version ofcourse. Our apologies.

[sergisala 3451]

*Lord Alexander would be with Gilondir, listening to his speech. After his speech finished Alexander would address to the public:

 

"This is the man we need to be the Maer of Aleksandria, not a puppet of the Church like other candidates." - he'd say to the people of Courland next to Gilondir.

 

"He is prepared and has experience with administration." - he'd make a brief pause. "I will definitely vote for Gilondir and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy this time." - he'd say with enthusiasm.

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

Queen Lisette Staunton would read a manuscript of Gilondir's speech, a pleased look upon her visage. "This man is well-spoken, and has clearly held the well-being of Aleksandria close to his heart for many years now. I think the city needs such a driven man like himself to lead it into the future." She'd show the speech to her husband, resting a gentle head on his shoulder as he read it aloud to himself.