THE BASTARDS PROMISE

[erictafoya 2307]

[!] A painting of Mister Igor Kort at sixteen after winning his first election, circa 350 E.S.

 

THE BASTARD’S PROMISE

16th i Vzmey ag Hyff, 362 E.S.

 

 

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TWELVE YEARS AGO– I began my career in politics after graciously being elected as Tribune so that I may serve in His Royal Majesty’s Royal Duma as a representative of the common people. I was young then, only sixteen years of age and still but a nervous boy. Another too commenced their career not long before mine, and that was Lady Irene Sarkozy. I did not know much of Lady Irene before I was elected as Tribune. After all, I was too young, too ambitious, and too hungry for a way to prove my worth in life. Despite my good intentions, I am not too blind to admit that I was a selfish boy.

 

However, throughout her twelve-year tenure, I have learned a lot about her. She is a strong, intelligent, and hard-working woman, one that any young aspiring politician can look up to and respect. Her determination and will to do the best for the Kingdom was clear to me upon our first official meeting. It was a quality that I believe is an important task for any leadership position and one that we both share. Less than a year ago, I was elected to be Lord Handler; a position that I could only have dreamed of when I was an aspiring politician. 

 

Now, as my mentor and idol Lady Irene Sarkozy has retired, His Majesty Heinrik II and the loyal citizens of this Kingdom call upon me to take her mantle and to serve as dutifully and as honorably as she has. Despite my new responsibilities as Lord Speaker my mission to serve the public as Tribune has not vanished. As your newly appointed Lord Speaker, I swear to all citizens of the Kingdom that the sessions of the Royal Duma shall be a productive and meaningful body that properly keeps to the laws that protect our nation. 

 

This I swear to you, and I shall do my best to do good on my promise today.

 

SIGNED,

His Excellency, Igor Kort, Lord Speaker of Hanseti-Ruska

[Eryane 3629]

Now amidst her retirement as announced earlier in the saint's day, Irene receives the missive by courier– a soft knock upon the door of the room in which she was seated, reading to her son. She clasps the book shut and settles Victor aside, swiftly taking the document. "From the new Lord Speaker?" She questions, skimming the paper. "He will make the people of Hanseti-Ruska proud, as he has already done for me. A fine man, and a successor in which I know shall do well. A competent statesman, to say the very least."