THE CHANCELLOR DEBATE TRANSCRIPT

[Zaerie 3747]

THE CHANCELLOR DEBATE TRANSCRIPT

 

Issued and averred by

Her Majesty

Atstana de

Regne Petrère

110

 

 

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CROWN QUESTIONS

-What do you think Petra currently lacks the most?

-What avenues do you think would be best explored to improve communication between the government and the community?

-How would you suggest dealing with a lack of available or advertised opportunities within Petra?

 

CITIZEN QUESTIONS

-How do you plan to help protect Petra?

-How do you intend to handle the uprising of Godless heathens who capture and kill our people, as well as the ones who suffer us with their pagan abominations?

-In what specific ways would each of you work to promote young, new, and admittedly unskilled peasants and settlers and allow them to grow as individuals and potential families?

-How would you go about hearing and possibly using the influx of suggestions of change from people outside of the garmont?

-Do you like ice cream, and what is your favourite colour?

 

THE DUEL

Queen Catherine I challenged the two candidates to a duel, where they then declined to fight the Monarch as it is their duties as guards and knights to protect her. Instead, a compromise was made where the two candidates duelled each other.

 

It was a close duel, though Sir Wilford came out on top as he disarmed Rigoberto.

 

What do you think Petra currently lacks the most

WILFORD

Honestly? We need more housing inside the walls. Badly. We have an influx of interest, but not the accommodation. Along with that, we need to connect with the people more. Reach out to new members, make them feel welcome. And along with those, we need to support our existing community. The tavern, the library, all spots of common commotion. We need to support them as best we can, and find more ways to bring people together.

 

RIGOBERTO

What is Petra lacking? I'm more inclined to ask what isn’t Petra Packing! Petra's poppin , but  If I were to say we lacked one thing, it would be ambition. Peace has brought us rest, but there are few National focuses that will guide us moving forward. Wilford is right to note, housing issues have only been exacerbated with  said interest in our community. We still suffer growing pains, stretch marks on a community that struggles to accomodate everyone. I believe that focusing on Republican institutions, developing our countryside under the Solland Act, and opening up the courts and government again would deal with this, and give us much in return for pursuing. Furthermore  The focus on our satellite communities. Moleton, Chambery, the Monastery - all could be leveraged to accommodate new folk, with expansion and integration, I am sure.

 

What avenues do you think would be best explored to improve communication between the government and the community?

WILFORD

We have an incredibly underutilised solution to this: The Garmont Assembly. - Because most people don’t know what it is. If we’re to expand on the assembly, give more information, I believe the best course of action is to allow people to present ideas and petitions, and allow them to be voted on, same as the members do. The people of Petra are innovators, and creative. We need to nourish that talent, and show that we listen. Along with that, I believe the Garmont should be a time when citizens can give feedback on how things are going. What’s working, and what’s not. We have the resources, if we look.

 

RIGOBERTO

Well my Reina, court would be an option, but with the city I have explored making time for anyone who passed the tavern on city issues. Working close to the people helps. Truly, more criers, flyers, and more announcements will improve communications from the government, but more assemblies, more meetings, and more outreach will help too. Making our system more open to the community, more Dumacratic, will allow the community to communicate with us. Expanding our councilors' staffs to include those with interests in various issues may also be a great idea!

 

How would you suggest dealing with a lack of available or advertised opportunities within Petra?

WILFORD

Once again, we have the means to solve this issue. In the tavern there’s an unused wall- Why don’t we use it? Other nations have boards listing jobs, and who to contact with interest. Not only would that give us a bridge between the government and the people, but it draws more people to a communal space. It should also contain information on the city, cultural and such. We need to be more friendly, both literally and metaphorically to new people. They need to know who to ask questions to when they have them.

 

RIGOBERTO

I would start by asking the people what opportunities they are seeking. We can make any role we wish and ask people to fill it - someone to dig a ditch, another to fill it. Two opportunities there - but what is that worth if it's not an opportunity people want? There is a misunderstanding about opportunity in Petra.. I believe there are opportunities for all, but many are seeking something we have not made clear that we can offer. With the number of nobility in our society, who are generally more engaged with their own estates than affairs of the nation, perhaps we could hope to see them offer gainful employment, carve out niches in the countryside. I am not holding my breath for that, though. Unless they use their privilege to offer opportunities to others, I say it is then up to us in government and Vallagne to expand our government and outreach, and to create new national works that we may include others on. To work with the communities in Petra - from Hohkmat to the Monastery, from Chambery to Moleton - to find what people want, what people need, and then take a proactive approach to fill them. Let us who have the opportunities to offer find those seeking, let those seeking find us with those opportunities in hand - this is how a community is built.

 

How do you plan to help protect Petra?

WILFORD

Simple- I plan to work with our Knight Commander and' Watch Captain to expand the outreach of our military. Offer more to join, make it easier. But for those who don’t wish to join, I would like to expand the walls. Et goes hand in hand with housing, really. People want to live in the walls because it's safer. If we can do tha', we've already done half our job. Bu' et really comes down to outreach and offering' our support when things happen. Because they always will. If our people cannae rely on us for protection, we've doomed our city.

 

RIGOBERTO

As I always have, I'll be at the gates, I'll keep myself armed - and for the people, I'll be keeping a keen eye on those in our midst. I'll be quick to investigate dangers, and slow to welcome them. Our safety is ensured not through any particular action, but by not being complacent when we are called to duty. We've a good track record of not having our leaders kidnapped. I intend to keep it that way.

 

How do you intend to handle the uprising of Godless heathens who capture and kill our people, as well as the ones who suffer us with their pagan abominations?

WILFORD

If you mean darkspawn, naturally we have no tolerance for them. As a Knight, one o' my creeds is to root them out and dispose of them. I was a darkspawn hunter for twenty-five years, until I retired.  He nods slowly.  Any darkspawn found within our city will be dealt with. If they are open to rehabilitation, so be it. Otherwise, we have many capable men to protect our people from dark forces.

 

RIGOBERTO

If they stray from the law, they will be burnt by the flames of justice. Anyone who puts a hand on our people is liable to lose it. Pagans, though? I figure that's something we would need to coordinate with the Monastery about.

 

In what specific ways would each of you work to promote young, new, and admittedly unskilled peasants and settlers and allow them to grow as individuals and potential families?

WILFORD

Honestly, approach us. I have been in your position before. I am not of noble birth. I was raised for my efforts in the community. It's- terrifying to speak with those in charge sometimes, but they're just people. They started somewhere, same as ye are. I truly hope I can make these opportunities more accessible to the common person. We need stewards, we need guards, we need community. The best way to achieve this is communication. When et comes down to et, no one can know wha' ye wish unless ye tell et. And people will listen.

 

RIGOBERTO

Senor, when I first came into town, I had two prospects  To become a barkeeper, or a recruit in the Riverguard. So I became both!  At that, he would chuckle, shaking his head as he gestured about,  Unskilled peasants and settlers? My only skill was as a farmer. Our community must NOT disrespect someone willing to learn by calling them unskilled - our work is hard work, no? I spoke or opportunities in the city, our need to create roles that suit people. You show a lot of ambition just asking this question, but to know what it is you need to succeed, I need to ask you questions as well. We should speak after this.

 

How would you go about hearing and possibly using the influx of suggestions of change from people outside of the garmont?

WILFORD

As I said before, I want to open up the Garmont to the common people. I believe that everyone should be able to present petitions and ideas the same as the electors. Et's how we can stay connected with our community, and recieve needed feedback on our city. Everyone has a voice. It's up to those in charge to elevate those voices.

 

RIGOBERTO

I believe there ought to be more done surrounding Garmont. We've plenty of space to discuss policy at the upper floor of the tavern, we have many members of the assembly who could lend voice and ear to these issues. Truly, I think it is by making more of an engaged spectacle of Dumacracy of our Garmont, that we will hear more, see more, and do more for our community.

 

Do you like ice cream, and what is your favourite colour?

WILFORD

Always been fond of ice cream, and my favourite color is red. I just look be'er in blue.

 

RIGOBERTO

Ice-cream? Senora, a Hyspian who cannot enjoy ice cream is an imposter - I love ice cream. I'm a red guy myself

 

 

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Her Majesty, Catherine I, By the Grace of GOD, Queen of the Commonwealth of the Petra, Marquise de Val d’Estenou, Countess of Temesch and Moere, Baroness of Garmont, Valfleur, Vallagne-en-Petra, Brasca, and of the Phoenixspire, Protector of the Meadows, Defender of Liberty

[Publius 4098]

"How did you think it went senor, did it ring true with the people?" Rigoberto de la Cruz asked Father Davide @Nectorist.

 

"Perhaps I should have served them drinks before the debate... Nevermind, it was rowdy enough."

Edited February 22, 2024 by Publius

[JudgeTrudy 610]

Theodore settles into his bed the night of the debate and stares at his ceiling. Unable to sleep, he mumbles to himself about the debate he'd witnessed. "Sir Wilfrod spoke with such experience, and yet Rigoberto's story is so close to my own and gives me hope." he says as imaginative sheep begin to jump across the foot of his bed. "Both men seem decent. I doubt Petra can go truly wrong with either. I look forward to seeing the resuuu-" he begins to say before he finally drifts into sleep.