Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24685738-20170611015924/@comment-5583506-20170614033656

Apollo42 wrote:

"Why not... purge them on your own, and accept whatever consequences he sets for you?" Arik suggested. "You'd save him and die a Kingsguard." He slipped off his horse, leaving Rhaela alone, so that he could better converse with the former Knight. "If it was that simple, my prince", Torbjorn said. "You know the law of the Kingsguard, I presume? You are bound for life. If you forsake your line of duty, you are thereafter a dead man. I am banished on penalty of death, never to return. I would never make it back to Windhelm lest I was to somehow smuggle myself in front of the king's feet himself. My axe can protect him against swords and daggers, but I can't protect him against his own weakness, especially when surrounded by those who would take advantage of the royal power."

The Nord groaned as he stretched a couple of scorched muscles along the left side of the neck. "If it was within my power to somehow get myself back at his side and cleanse the court I would do so in an instant. But in the end, would it really matter? He would still be the poor, misguided lad lacking of self-esteem."

Torbjorn shook his head. "No. I can't return. Not yet anyhow. I need something. A sign. An independent action. Something that can prove to me that this boy is indeed his father's son, a worthy, true and just ruler of Skyrim. And not just the counselors' puppet."