Concession speech to Senator Corbish

[Draeris 3124]

Konstanz Moritz Barclay, Anton Barclay & Natalya Elizaveta Ruthern at Konstanz’s concession speech in Reza, right before Konstanz is to speak.

 

CONCESSION OF DEFEAT SPEECH IN THE FIRST HANSETI SENATORIAL ELECTION

 

“Friends, comrades, colleagues of the brotherhood,

 

Thank you for your trust in me, thank you for your vote on me and thank you for your hope in me. When I ran for Senate, I did it because I believed the establishment was too complacent to a clique of Imperial bootlickers, seeking to slowly kill off our way of life and our freedoms. I believed that with my election, I could restore the international honor for our Brotherhood of Saint Karl, I could protect our courts from Imperial infringement and I could work together with my Curonian allies to cherish our independence.

 

This is not the outcome we wanted, nor the one we worked so hard for. Our crucial Senate seat shall go to an invisible imperial bootlicker yet again, we will see our freedoms limited and our opposition silent, yet again. While I feel pride and gratitude for this wonderful campaign we have built, one must ask the question that has floored all our supporters tonight: “How could this have gone so wrong?”.

 

For that, I point the finger to the establishment. At the behest of Terrence May and Ser Konrad Stafyr, with their subtle endorsements and spreading of vicious rumors, they have tainted the well regarded Barclay name and misled the public. Their favoritism and desperate clinging to power might’ve been successful for now, but at what cost? How can we trust Senator Corbish, when he has stood silently and did nothing about the dissolution of NAFTA, did nothing for our allies in Suffonia, did nothing against the tax deals of Peter de Sarkozy. As he shares ale with Helenian bureaucrats and strokes his ego with his elected position, our greatest ally has no representation, and our days of true freedom are coming to an end. What has Siegmund done for Haense, aside of being an establishment insider and career politician?

 

People, my brothers, this is merely a temporary victory for them. While we may not find our nation defended in the Senate, a Duma election is coming up soon. I trust all Patriots to vote for me in that election: so that we may construct our bastion of freedom there. A Barclay candidate shall always respect our troops, and will always put Haense first. Whether it’d be as a bureaucrat, an official or as a mere citizen of Reza.

 

Do not lose hope, comrades. There will be another election, and we the people are not going anywhere.

 

AVE HAENSE, AVE BARCLAY.

 

 

[Sarven 2619]

And now we wait and see what’ll happen.

[Zanthuz 1863]

Butch takes Wilbur out on a walk early in the morning of 13^th of Malin’s Welcome. They end of stumbling upon a Barclay campaign advertisement following the recent outcome of the Imperial Senate elections, they both pause briefly and unload a large load underneath the sign. As Butch waddles away he mutters underneath his breath; 

 

“Fuckin’ Barclay scum, scum of all scums! Corbish has serve’d dis nation for decades with de utmost amount of determination to better dis kingdom! He’ll continue to do so in da Senate!”