>>6042130Voting was a bit of a shitshow for this one, I tried my best to get the sense of what anons wantedYou don’t know exactly what Captain Alpharius is planning, but you know that he didn’t come here to let Russ burn it all to the ground. You have to speak up, make a case for something.
>Lord Russ, if I may be so bold, I wish to speak up, though I have not the experience of many here present.Russ looks at you, and frowns. He doesn’t recognise you, probably because you’re not actually one of his sons. You hope the rumours of him being able to sniff out friend from foe aren’t true. But Fell-Handed comes to your aid, stepping forward beside you.
“I would listen to what he says, father. I have only known him a short while, but his sight is true, and he is no fool, I am sure of that.”
Russ regards you with his bright blue eyes, pale and cold as ice, before nodding his head.
<span class="mu-s">Very well. Speak, my son.</span>
So he bought it, at least temporarily. You swallow. It’s not every day that you get to speak to a primarch.
>I think your first idea has merit Lord Russ, more than what Overseer Kurn has said. While we your sons are all more than ready to fight and die, we have only scarce experience against Sorcerers. I doubt we can simply overwhelm them, for this is their home and capital city. They would be fools to not have mastered its defenses and every secret path. You notice some nods go around the room, though Kurn and the other Sons of Horus remain silent. So far so good.
>But still, though we have laid waste to their homeworld, they have not moved against us. They must know that they will be destroyed if they do, for even the Custodes and Sisters of Silence will not sit idly by. It is clear that we should approach this differently, either through diplomacy or with a little-And you allow yourself a little smile here,
>Subterfuge.There is a muttering going up around the tent now. Kurn and his brothers are staring at you intently.
>Give them time I say, or treat with them, or trick them. Lord Russ, I do not think we can deal with this legion as we once did with… another. We cannot overcome this situation through force alone, not without the Custodes and Silent Sisters.There are murmurs of assent now. Some nodding, though others shake their heads.
>I also think Overseer Kurn has a good idea, scouting and probing, though I also think it would be better carried out by our own brothers, for we are hunters, are we not, and who better to sniff out weakness in the enemy? 