Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26444332-20160806232744/@comment-26210095-20160808160337

Akashi leaned back in his ironwood chair, as he listened to the men quarreling around him.

Some of the younger Knights were vehemently arguing that while the Empire of the Sun was divided it should be destroyed.

His main rival at court, Sakari, was at the head of them.

"We should spill their blood in the name of the Lady. They have tried no more then twelve times to force the Narrows. It would be a pre-emptive strike. Nothing more."

Around a half of the counsel shouted assent. One knight proclaimed "Any army that has the Holy Standard of Nike before it cannot be defeated. The Lady wills it!" He said as he raised his flair, a red katana, in the air. "FOR GLORY AND THE LADY!" The cry was echoed by all the belligerent Knights. "For the honor of our ancestors, I cannot let them profane the soil of the earth." Sakari said.

Some of the nights in favor of a defensive posture drew their swords or lit their flares. The others did likewise. Before any challenges for a duel to the death were issued, Akashi raided his hand for silence. Most did so, respecting the honor of their leader.

Akashi was a man of peace. Few would realize that the man that bested Goramun the Snake and Yara the Unworthy, both champion Knights of their day preferred peace to war.

But, there was no time for personal preference. The honor of his nation and his family was being questioned,

Akashi raised his flair, a most striking sword of angelic white and night black with a diamond at the hilt.

"I will lead the army, although I take no joy in it. For the Honor of Our Ancestors,"

The cry was repeated by the nights.

"Nike preserve us." He said to himself in a silent prayer.