Court of the Empress: An RPG Exercise

[mcroft]

A Game of Neel Krishnaswami's Court of the Empress. Rules are here.

Let us look upon the Empress's court.

It is a frosty winter's evening on the longest night of the year. The Empress Iphigenia has taken the court to her royal barge, locked in ice until the spring thaws. An orchestra performs quietly in the background and the court has been dancing, for her Imperial Majesty's pleasure, upon the surface of the frozen river. The courtiers can see each other's steamy breath and there are braziers of burning coals for heat and a bit of light. The full moon is low in the sky, behind the Empress's pedestal on her barge. A few honored servants are there with her, but most are a few steps down, on the surface of the wide, frozen river. Her Imperial Majesty is resplendent in a dazzling black gown with a stiff collar behind her. She carries the Scepter and there is a banner with the Imperial Seal behind her throne.

And now let us hear what may be said.

Comments

(frozen) Firdausi Re: Fyodor

[libskrat]

And if you should observe our Fyodor there without his jet-black cloak and smiling bright, with poison dripping from his every word?

What then? Is evil less so, brightly clothed?

(frozen) Re: Firdausi Re: Fyodor

[mrsitouh.livejournal.com]

If his evil is so obvious, then her Majesty, in her infinite wisdom and grace, would doubtless see to it that his evil would be stopped - if it is apparent to one such as I, surely her wisdom would see through his deceit.