Rise; Epilogue: The Trial of Arthur Pengrave

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Rise; Epilogue: The Trial of Arthur Pengrave

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. : ooc : . [spoiler]Some parties had expressed some disappointment with the irresolution of some subplots of Rise; specifically, the fate of Arthur Pengrave. While I could gloss it into a wiki, it is something I wish to write out, but it'd be superfluous to post it on NS proper.[/spoiler]

From: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic ... 05#p508905

In the months following the defeat of the Ersatzregie, Kemelzar was immediately and constantly preoccupied. The task of rebuilding a state as titanic as the Arizona Novanian state had been was no mean task. Yet, through all the criss-crossing of Anikari space, one issue confronted him at every turn, its noise growing the more he plugged his ears to it, and turned away: that of vengeance.

The role of Arthur Pengrave, known to Kemelzar as head of Black Operations but to the rest of the universe as the head of the Ersatzregie, in the destruction of the Sornei Empire had spread like wildfire. People were inflamed by the news; not only because it offered yet another excuse for fallen King Anandil's role in the collapse of Arizona Nova and the Sornei, but in that it gave a face, and a living one at that, to which to ascribe all their woes. Calls for vengeance masquerading as justice echoed in the new King's ears whenever he came to a quiet moment, and soon he knew he would have to deal with the man, sooner or later.

-=Ondataru
The verdant world of Ondataru was chosen for the trial; not out of any perceived security than that its institutions were, next to Varanar's, best preserved. Judges and legal counsel were summoned, and along with this, a veritable platoon of archivists, and other parties responsible for the preservation of history. Finally, came the king and the defendant. All Arizona Nova momentarily paused in their labors, turning inwards to witness the event.
[center]Wit ye well, that when no good men remain to stand against those who choose evil, what will remain to restrain them from unleashing their dark designs?[/center]
~Anikar


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