Today was a good day!
I, along with the Shaman Salanthe, and later, the Mage Mojack, visited the great Horde Summit, hosted by the proud members of the House Silvacce. A Forsaken known as Arthicus brought to our attention what he called the ‘facts’ of our time; that all of us have suffered greatly, and all of us have suffered at the hands of the Alliance. He intended to bind us into some type of alliance of organizations, with the intention being that we would stand strong together to face against our foes.
Naturally, I opposed; the natural world would take quite a bit of damage if all-out war were to break out, and House Silvacce seemed to fail to notice that we were doing atrocious acts against the Alliance too! Just look at Warsong Gulch; how can our people excuse that, when we are so clearly violating a holy grounds of the Kal’dorei?
Still, I digress. The night went on for at least four hours, as the argument went back and forth between Silvacce, the Earthwalkers, the Couriers of Compassion (led by their most charismatic delegate Centimanus), the Alahni Militia, House Vermillion, and Tuar Annwn (whose so-called Prince Sheigh attended half-way through to make an impassioned speech on behalf of his house).
I personally called back on my political training from so long ago. Once, I was a representative of House Shadowielder, as my father led the House; as such, I was the one who most frequently attended meetings such as this, so myFather needn’t be bothered. I was trained for a very long time in politics and public speaking, for this reason.
And now I had a chance to use it again, as well as my personal knowledge of history; some found my knowledge interesting (Night Elves keep fairly good records, even from the time of the Maelstrom…), while others found it annoying (Arthicus in particular was upset when I pointed out that it was ignorance and maddening grief that drove the late Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore to lay siege to Durotar).
The Earthwalkers, in the end, gained much face with the more prominent members of the Horde. I, for one, had some part in that; few people had the courtesy to call Arthicus ‘Master Speaker’ before I alerted them to the fact by my example, and throughout the meeting I represented the Earthwalkers with what I hope was dignity, and honor.
I shall write more another time. In the meantime, I sleep; the night went on long. Another conference, set to the topic of economics, has been scheduled for another time, and I hope to attend.
-Lord Gefjon Kath’demaros Shadowielder
