Board Thread:Non-TES Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20170806013615/@comment-17114085-20170807222331

Father and son had come to an understanding of sorts, their argument over...for now.

Again, Oros spoke first to break the silence. "So, tell me about these rumors."

Daemor raised an eyebrow.

"You may not think so, but I still care about my family. Any insult to them is an insult to me." Oros added.

"Very well." Daemor conceeded. "Our enemies are trying to ruin our proud reputation, because they're envious us. Aeksions have the purest blood of all the 48 families, since we only marry our own. For thousands of years we've held to that tradition so that the blood that runs in your veins comes from nothing but pure Dragonlords. They saw an opportunity to strike at us using your self-exile and your sister and they took it."

"How so?" Oros asked, not really caring too much about the pure-blooded thing and wanting to focus more on the actual problem.

"Ever since you ran away I've received nothing but suitors for Saena asking for her hand in marriage, for a dowry from us is quite the prize to win as is our pure blood. I've rejected them all, only an Aeksion is worthy of marrying an Aeksion and as I told you previously there are no suitable males in the branch families. They are unfit, unworthy." Daemor continued.

Oros still didn't get the problem.

"One of these rejected suitors must have had his pride hurt, because a few months ago wild rumors of problems with Saena and our House began to surface in Valyria. As you know any bad reputation for her reflects us all. Naelassa has been trying to investigate but has turned up nothing. Valyria is a pit of vipers, why do you think our House built Oros instead of settle there like most Dragonlords?" He continued.

"Rumors that your sister is repugnant, which is why you left and why she is still not married. That she's deformed, tainted with bad blood, that all Aeksions are tainted which is why we never manage to marry outside our own. These are among the worst." He finished.

Oros scowled. "I can't see you taking this well. What have you done about this?"

"What am I to do? If I try to rebuttle I'll just look guilty and I refuse to play their games. We're better than them. If it were up to me I'd ignore the other Dragonlords, show them how insignificant they are to us. However...this has begun to affect our influence with the Senate and that is bad for business. If things continue like this, before long we will start to lose money."