0	6142856	
1	6142857	
2	6143439	Well, look who it is. You. <emp>The</emp> you.
3	6143440	
4	6143442	If you don't mind, I could do with a significant reduction in the amount of attention this office receives.
5	6143443	
6	6143445	A visit from the Champion is something of the opposite.
7	6143446	Order my removal if you think you have the authority.
8	6142865	<desc>Laughs</desc> Authority? My authority was lopped off and rolled across the floor courtesy of the Arishok!
9	6142866	
10	6143448	Everyone else seems to want me on their side.
11	6143450	I am not everyone else. I am the seneschal, a position that does not traditionally endure sans viscount.
12	6143451	
13	6143453	I sense I am unwelcome in the halls of power.
14	6143455	<desc>Laughs</desc> Power? I am just the hand on the seal, waxing what I'm told.
15	6143456	
16	6142892	Now I am trapped under templar scrutiny, waiting for them to note how easily I might be replaced.
17	6142893	
18	6143458	And it isn't going well?
19	6143459	
20	6142895	It is not going well.
21	6143498	Since when are city leaders appointed by the knight-commander?
22	6143500	Meredith would not openly declare a preference. The rule of Kirkwall is deliberately separate from the Chantry's will.
23	6143501	
24	6143503	But... the order embodies security in Kirkwall, and they want the new viscount to be more... accepting of oversight.
25	6143504	
26	6142928	Anyone who wants to rule Kirkwall needs support from the templars. That is the new truth of this city.
27	6144939	What happens if they don't like the choice?
28	6144941	Do you know how Viscount Dumar's predecessor, Perrin Threnhold, left office?
29	6144942	
30	6144944	He was a tyrant, certainly, but his rule was not ended until he actively sought to expel the templars.
31	6144945	
32	6144947	"The good of all" is inexorably tied to what is good for the templars.
33	6143674	I can apply influence in many ways, you know.
34	6143467	Do the words "political maelstrom" mean anything to you?
35	6143468	
36	6143470	The templars are particularly sensitive about destabilizing elements, especially after what happened to Dumar.
37	6143679	The Arishok killed the viscount, but he's no longer a problem.
38	6143801	There are older hatreds that the templars feel deserve more central focus.
39	6144064	
40	6143804	Sometimes I wonder if we are at war with ourselves.
41	6143515	Who nominates a new viscount?
42	6143517	A consensus of the nobility. Normally. And a willing nominee.
43	6143518	
44	6143520	Both are lacking, and I can't fault it. These are difficult times.
45	6143521	
46	6143523	Could I nominate someone, or do it myself?
47	6143524	
48	6142925	Anyone who thinks to take this office needs more than popular support. They need particular support.
49	6142926	
50	6143526	You are many things, Champion, but not this. Not yet, anyway.
51	6143506	There is no one to carry the last viscount's line?
52	6143508	You presided over Saemus's death. That was the sad end of the Dumars.
53	6143509	
54	6143511	When a line is judged unfit, or ends, we appoint from Kirkwall's elite.
55	6143512	
56	6143514	Or we would, if the situation was normal. But it is not.
57	6143480	Nice mess. Glad it's not mine.
58	6143482	That is the prevailing opinion I encounter, and I'm just fine with that.
59	6143483	
60	6143485	I'll leave you to it, but I'm easy to find if you need me.
61	6143487	Good. Thank you. My door is always closed.
62	6143488	
63	6143471	When viscounts die, it's the sycophants who truly suffer.
64	6143473	If his death was more fresh in my mind, I would give you such a... censuring. I can still do that, I think?
65	6143474	
66	6143479	Each day is fresh insult. Leave me.
67	6143805	
68	6143490	That's all I need. The Champion.
69	6143491	
70	6142868	
71	6142869	
72	6143085	Calls of conspiracy from the knight-commander, herself. There is no end to the complications of my position.
73	6143086	Mages abound in the shadows. How lovely for the person who is not myself who must deal with them.
74	6143087	A dangerous thing, taking sides. I avoid it wherever possible.
75	6143088	
76	6144838	
77	6144840	How unfortunate that the guard captain intends to give up her position. Transition is not kind to intermediaries such as myself.
78	6144841	I am glad that the captain has seen fit to retain her position. She is orderly, if nothing else.
79	6144863	Your dalliance with the woman who caused the Qunari incident is troubling, Champion. Troubling, but understandable.
80	6144948	I suppose we can add "pest control" to your already-impressive list of accomplishments. Dragons. Wonderful.
81	6143091	Kirkwall is—on the whole—grateful for your actions. Let us hope nothing more is necessary.
