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Ganondorf Dragmire ([personal profile] dragmire) wrote in [community profile] eachdraidh2015-01-18 09:48 am

005 / Seelie + Unseelie / (Video + Action)

{ Locket - Video }

[The image shows a hard looking man, dark green of skin and fiery red in beard and hair. The rough lines of his features show his age and a lifetime of hard living, though he richly decorates himself in gold and jewels that adorn his forehead, his spiked crown, and earrings. There was no kindness wrote in his eyes and his bearing was that of a general and a king. Every word he utters is precisely mean.

His is a name that is known throughout the Drabwurld, despite not yet having lived in this world for a full year.]


I am Ganondorf Dragmire, Lord of both Mair and Maupertius. Both I have won through battle and conquest and that alone should tell you all you need know of me. A battle is coming that will make our previous conflicts look like squabbles. In light of recent aggressions within Unseelie territory by Seelie shardholders, I will no longer tolerate Seelie shardholders within my city without my express authorization. I issued this warning once, but now I make it law. All Seelie shardholders will leave my lands or they will be considered spies and be treated thusly. I will allow one week for any such individuals to make their arrangements and leave. After that week, they will no longer be tolerated. Neither Mair nor Maupertius will provide a safe haven for you, regardless of whether you think to claim neutrality to this conflict. Your word is meaningless next to the safety of my people.

Do not trouble me with your objections or accusations. I have no use for them.

{ The City of Mair }

Inside the city, Ganondorf was busy. There might yet be those in the city who could see his preparations, but let them. He had been hard at work. During the days he would drill his soldiers for hours. They were trained in mounted combat, archery, swordplay, and all those skills that were born to the Gerudo warrior. These were his personal elite guard and selected from the soldiers for which is native commanders and lieutenants commanded. They were men and women both, of races of human and elf and dwarf and orc and trowe. They were trained to their strengths and made to be deft of hand, hard of body, and quick of mind. But even that was not the highest honor. When each day's drill was completed, Ganondorf would select among the women the strongest and best of the elite. She would follow him to his tower and then...

Most could not say. All knew not to ask. All that mattered was that the next day, Ganondorf's small force of Iron Knuckles would grow by one. They would become like statues that were given a key part of the city's defense to guard. They did not move and they did not speak, but they waited. They did not train, but all knew that their strength was fearsome to behold. They carried war hammer or battle axe or greatsword and each one was heavier than what any man or woman should be able to carry.

In the city, nothing escaped his notice. It was common knowledge that eyes of Ganon are everywhere. On the tops of buildings, his gargoyles watched as silent sentinels that kept the peace and enforced his law. In the skies above, kargarocs patrolled the skies when they were not busy in petty disputes over a plump pigeon or stray cat. His own agents were elsewhere, always listening. The people knew this and they did not love him for it, though they had also not forgotten the old Lord Magister who had been brutal and cruel. They might not have been watched, but they felt secure behind the walls. Ariadne's builders had made the city strong and Ganon's soldiers had made them fortified. Even mages were paid to enchant the stones so that it could not be so easily breached as it had been when Ganondorf took the city with a few hundred men and his shardholder companions.

Those who sought Lord Dragmire would not have difficulty in finding him. He paraded his soldiers out of the city and into the wide open country outside the walls of Mair. It was important that his presence always be felt, so he often led patrols himself inside and outside the city. Within the castle, he permitted any to come to his audience chamber where justice was dispatched. He kept no council but himself, but he did listen and a shardholder always came first to his attentions. Those who came to the city were treated gently, given rich accommodations, and freedom to explore all parts of the city save for his own black tower in the center of the castle.
desperate_times: (here i am)

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[personal profile] desperate_times 2015-01-18 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Greetings, Lord of Mair and Maupertius.

This is Chloe Frazer, Captain of the Black Pearl. I'm flying south and have supplies for your city to drop off from Caer Scima, if you'll receive them. I left the castle quite stocked. [Much for her own benefit.] Seems like you might make good use of the stuff.

Just try to keep your flying monkeys off my ship, and I'll happily deliver them to you.
huntedby: (pic#7901525)

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[personal profile] huntedby 2015-01-18 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Pity that people can't keep their manners. But I suppose with war coming, your choice would be inevitable.
desperate_times: (palm tress)

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[personal profile] desperate_times 2015-01-19 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Didn't get that reference, but no matter.]

Have you now? From anyone in particular?

I'll be there within the hour, if you're ready.

huntedby: (pic#8695944)

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[personal profile] huntedby 2015-01-19 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
I would not disagree.

[She has friends there, after all.]

Still, one bad apple can ruin the entire barrel.
desperate_times: (casual)

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[personal profile] desperate_times 2015-01-19 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I'll see you there.

[Sure enough, within the hour a ship black as night descends from the clouds toward the mentioned tower. It doesn't necessarily need to touch ground to make dock, but can drift to a place where the gangplank can be lowered. The skeleton crew will collect the supplies to be dropped off and bring them ashore while the Captain oversees it all herself.]
playmakings: (then I'm with that bat)

i'm so, so sorry

[personal profile] playmakings 2015-01-19 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's a little unfair, and Kelsi's lips quirk into a small frown. The guy's intimidating, if well-spoken, but still... ]

What if there was another option? Where Seelie and Unseelie could unite and all get along? Would you let them in your city again?
huntedby: (pic#8708659)

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[personal profile] huntedby 2015-01-20 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure we have our own, but they tend to be...highly self-righteous.
desperate_times: (couch)

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[personal profile] desperate_times 2015-01-20 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Though she's seen this place from afar plenty of times, it's the first time the ship's ever actually docked here. It always looked sort of intimidating, and viewing it up close doesn't actually change that opinion.

Once things are underway and the skeletons can manage themselves, a very not-dead woman leaves the ship and approaches the master of the citadel. It's likely every unseelie knows who Ganondorf is, even if he's never seen all of them. Presenting herself with a bow, she minds her manners.

"A pleasure to meet you, my lord." This guy looks a lot harder to charm than the elven king, so she'll modify her tactics as needed.
metalica: ;) ;) (006)

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[personal profile] metalica 2015-01-20 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
So you are the man whose castle I have been defending, then.

[ He recalls they met. Once. How long ago... ]

A pleasure to see you again.
metalica: how many turtlenecks do you think he owns (079)

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[personal profile] metalica 2015-01-21 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ I didn't do it for you; it's on the tip of his tongue. Instead, he just smirks. ]

Comfortable as a castle can be. It's better now.

[ Metal everywhere makes it more homey. ]
desperate_times: (smirky smirk)

[personal profile] desperate_times 2015-01-22 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
She straightens her posture, shoulders back. Confident and full of vitality. A woman must show strength, especially in a world of fear and war. If she fears him, and there's no doubt she does find him damn intimidating, she works hard not to show it.

"I have an assortment of things, but I thought you would most appreciate some weapons for your troops. More steel. More armor. And some medical supplies for the few casualties that could occur." Few because naturally his army is so elite, they'll only suffer scrapes and bruises.

"Oh, and for you, the devastating commander," she stops a skeleton with a hand on its shoulder and pulls a bottle of wine from the box. "...only the finest."
huntedby: (pic#7905021)

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[personal profile] huntedby 2015-01-22 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Necessity always makes strange bedfellows.
metalica: scarfneto (090)

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[personal profile] metalica 2015-01-23 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
If only his ghost didn't linger.

[ Almost literally. Erik has been toying with the idea of wearing fox fur, as it were. ]

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