Oh naturally, and whatever purpose we employ the highly attractive girls we obtained as loot are going to be quite likely to be sexual in part regardless of who we gift them to anyways.
Behind the Serpent Throne (CK2)
- Thread starter The Laurent
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
slybrarian
Creature of Fable
- Location
- A Far and Sunless Land
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- He/Him
[X] An overview of the politics of Kuojah's reforms.
[X] A discussion of the opposition, and their stances.
[X] A discussion of the opposition, and their stances.
Note she is not actually shy!
From her behavior she's actually strongly opinionated, and has a temper. She's learned to control it and disguise it, but as we're her social superior and future family head, we could order her to do anything and theres little she could do about it.
So she acts shy and deferential.
We had to crit to peel past the mask.
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Also, don't be fooled by the seeming humility of the opening of her giant treatise.
'An Introduction and a humble apology for any errors.'
'As it is said that the ocean is one thing, and yet to it runs many rivers, so too is Imperial Law a single, vast thing. But so too is Imperial Law from many sources. One must understand the laws and rites of the Gods, one must respect the Judges in their right of judgement, and each village and city and monastery and province too has their own rules, or customs. Perhaps they are not written, and if that is so, they should be written. It is only by examining them that one can come to a conclusion.
It is thus that I must apologize for the format of this volume, and all volumes, for I shall humbly examine each issue among the many laws, and try to come to an understanding of the philosophical principles that should guide any complete and updated universal law to supersede and yet not ignore, the laws that come before.
This is an ambition rather beyond a--'
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"I'm sorry for the format of this volume, a format that is objectively superior to the format of every scholar who ever examined this issue before me. For this, I apologize. I'll make sure to say humble three times, just so it sticks."
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Yes, pretty much, with an added foray into philosophy and religious law. Which is ambitious enough, but from this, if it's done correctly, you could use it as the basis to attempt to right a new, improved centralized law code. Tear away the outdated bits, find ways to harmonize it with the needs of specific regions, etc, etc.
It'd be a lot of work, and it's, you know, impossibly ambitious, especially for a woman. Hell, it's ambitious for anyone at all, let alone anyone her age (reminder, she's sixteen) and sex.
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He actually has helped out somewhat, with gathering the legal codes, as I think she notes. He's interested in the project, and she's very tactful in how she asks.
Something to sell the Emperor on over time.
It'd rustle a lot of jimmies
[X] An overview of the politics of Kuojah's reforms.
[X] A discussion of the opposition, and their stances.
[X] A discussion of the opposition, and their stances.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
I don't think transgenderism is well-regarded in Csirit. Scratch that, the concept is probably utterly alien to them.
- Location
- Germany
What transgenderism? The Emperor says she is a man so she is a man and has always been a man. If someone thinks otherwise then they are obviously delusional. Noone in their right mind would trust the evidence of their senses over the word of the Emperor.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
I don't think even the Emperor can declare something this heretical without large negative reactions.
- Location
- Austria
Isn't Emperor a final authoriy on what is and is not heretical?
Like, two sources of legitimacy are "Emperor says it" and "it is more profitable to go along with it for nobles". While nobles probably can think of it as of a valid way to attack us and father('s legacy), it prrrobably can be dealt with.
Then again, one of most (in)famous Chinese Emperors was, in fact, Empress, and sorta lowborn to boot IIRC. So I am not sure it is all that necessary in the first place for sufficiently exceptional individual.
She's many years away from finishing the overview. Plenty of time to see how the current reforms bed in, secure our position, develop our own opinions on the details of how the Empire runs and what needs changing and learn enough formal scholarship and law to grok the book when we read the finished article.
- Location
- Spain
A popular enough commentary can become the de-facto law if the text of the law itself is ambiguous enough. Which i suspect Cstiran law is.
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No, Csiritan law is very definite!
Each and every time it contradicts itself, it is very definite and final on that contradiction.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
We'd miss out on the opportunity to turn them into an informant network though, unless we can split them up. There's also the fact that they're not actually simply serving girls.... But regardless of what we do with them, it's probably a good idea to take this action first:
Title: The Piece Beneath Notice
Dice Rolled: Diplomacy
Chance of Success: 60%
Time: 1 Turn
Text: He could attempt to learn more about them. It's unknown if they'd trust this, though, or whether they'd think it was a trap. But getting to know them more could have a point, or might merely be a simple gesture. But it's one that would at least allow him to judge them as individuals.
Question of getting to know other potential uses for them and whether there are any problems we're unaware of.
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I mean, would you be specific in this case? I mean, talking to who she's talking to, requesting what she's requesting.
