Delay, delay, delay – that was what you would be doing all winter long. When Trichtenburg was moving back to Ulrichsburg to confer with the grandmaster, the entire family was moved away to a castle further east as a sort of holiday. When he returned, he hadn't been able to find you on account of a good few blizzards and unbearable roads.
By the spring of 1261, you felt it was time for you to see if he had moderated his proposals even more. By now, he had stopped grooming his beard; you swore his hairline had receded, and his eyes had sunk deep into their sockets. You were both sitting around a table while you were trying to get on his nerves even more.
<span class="mu-i"> ''Did I ever tell you about the time I found a great treasure far off in the Mithradian mountains? You see, it all started – '' </span> You began another long-winded windbag tangent.
<span class="mu-i"> ''No, no, enough with the damn stories, dammit! You evade me, you waste my time, and you make me go back and forth like a patsy! Is your entire family composed of nothing but obstructionists?! I am a pontifical legate; there is no reason to treat me like this.'' </span> He Screamed.
There was a knock on the door. When bade in, a messenger came through.
<span class="mu-i"> ''I have a letter for one Cardinal Klaus von Trichtenburg; is he, ah yes, the one in the red robes? Here you go; have a good day.'' </span>
Trichtenburg ripped the seal off. When he read the letter, he immediately fell back into his chair. Head hung low.
<span class="mu-i"> ''Tauten armies have crossed the Grenzbirge. The Kaiser is preparing to crown himself King of Castana in Verscaletta. This also means that the pontiff now wants me to gather as many knights as possible to defend him. You win, Adlershorst. I shall ask of you only that you give the knights free passage and that you promise not to pursue the obtainment or research of Teubelsfeuer. And a small sum so the grandmaster can pay for supplies on the way to Castana.'' </span>
If he had been in a state of bewilderment before, he was now nearly melancholic. If the Kaiser really was marching through Castana, then the Pontiff would naturally need whatever soldiers he had on hand with him
>Accept the deal. (-1200 Greifs)
>Reject the deal. (This may incur the wrath of the pontiff.)
