To: everyone (a few days after all arrivals)

[northerndragon]

[Jon writes in a very fine hand, but to many, it will seem archaic.]

I would like to speak on duty, if you will.

What does duty mean to you, if it means anything at all?
How do you know what your duty is?
How do you know when you have done it, or failed to do it?

If it doesn't matter to you, why doesn't it matter?
If it does, why then?

I seek to learn from my fellows.

— Jon Snow, of Thorne

Comments

[earthborn]

No, no. Back home it was... complicated. But what I meant was, I'm working for Free Cities, these days. The army.

There are a couple of spacers around, but not many of us. You might notice Garrus Vakarian around in places; he's pretty obvious in a crowd, once you see him. He isn't human. What about you, anybody else from your end of the universe pulled in here?

[northerndragon]

Not until just now. Two queens — Rhaenyra Targaryen, and her stepmother, Alicent Hightower. They were brought here from a time long gone, compared to mine. I know only of what was written of them in the history books, and of that, I think it would be unfair to say. When I was brought here, I was on my way to meet a different Targaryen queen.

What do you make of the army in the Free Cities? You need not tell me if you believe it would be aiding an enemy.

[earthborn]

If I told you something useful and you took it as face value, I'd say you were an idiot. That said, they're a hard-working bunch, and there's a lot of them. You'd have to be pretty self-destructive to deliberately provoke a war with 'em.

[The attack on Libertas looms over everything, recently.]

But since when has that ever stopped anyone from picking a stupid fight? Even in the face of bigger problems, people are still people.