𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖚𝖊𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖑𝖆 𝕯𝖔𝖜𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊
Sir Gilman: Sir, forgive this knight for not addressing you more respectfully, but your means of revenge are unacceptable!
Oralech: So what am I supposed to do?
Sir Gilman: You must challenge Master Sandalwood to a duel of honor! Choice of weapon--
Oralech: Great duel. The physician and the historian trying to stab each other! That rotten log doesn't even know which side to hold the sword on!
Sir Gilman: In that case, we must find some brave knights to fight on your behalf!
Oralech: It's all a bunch of hogwash!
Gareph: I like the idea! Let off steam, then do some chit-chat.
Sir Gilman: You describe the sacred ritual of a duel of honor too vulgarly, but in essence--
Oralech: Gareph, you too?!
Gareph: I'm done with freezing in the swamps! Gonna duff their nomad up and then finally talk!
Sir Gilman: Could this knight interpret your statement as a challenge?
Oralech: No! I did not consent to-- Stop, you undercooked noodle! Stop!
Sir Gilman: In the name of establishing justice, we are gathered on a star-blessed... khee... swamp to end years of strife through a glorious duel! Today, the former Master of the Nightwings Order, Volfred Sandalwood...
Sandalwood: I still find this idea highly questionable.
Sir Gilman: ...are fighting with Oralech, acting master of the True Nightwings Order!
Sir Gilman: Their seconds are Hedwyn the Deserter and Gareph the Shipwright. Exchange bows.
Gareph: *makes a mocking curtsy*
Sir Gilman: And the judges: this knight, who solemnly promises to act only according to the law, and--
Iq'sa: The magnificent and enchanting Lady Iq'sa!
Sir Gilman: According to the fifty-third verse on chivalry of the Ores Codex, seconds are equal to knights of honor and shall fight among themselves if both duelists are from peaceful professions or have taken vows of nonviolence.
Hedwyn: So how does that apply to a military physician who spit on his vows from the heights of Alodiel?
Oralech: Oh, so you'd rather have your kidneys beat out by me personally?
Sir Gilman: As practice has shown, we have no evidence of a breach of physician's oaths.
Gareph: Are we just gonna keep talking?
Sir Gilman: Must choose the weapons. In a duel of honor, you may use swords, glaives, axes.
Gareph: Can we make allowances for the poor financial situation of the participants and fight with mallets?
Sir Gilman: In special cases it is allowed to fight hand-to-hand.
Hedwyn: Good, now I'm going to smack that desecrator of the Rites in the face!
Gareph: We're desecrators? It's shameful to look at your rabble from the stars, that's why the Scribes lost their nerves!
Hedwyn: You have defrauded the Rite system!
Gareph: And you rammed the blackwagons! You broke over the Tempers' trunk, you knocked down the Dissidents' zodiac, the Fates' blackwagon almost collapsed in mid-air!
Hedwyn: You got the drive-imps to pull the Pyrehearts' blackwagon aground!
Gareph: You put a spell on Lendel just because!
Hedwyn: And your demon got into the blackwagon and scared the Reader half to death!
Gareph: The Reader who gave the order to run him over with the blackwagon!
Hedwyn: So we're the villains and you're the nice and fluffy ones?
Gareph: We never thought we were good. And you sons of bitches are yelling on every corner what kind of good liberators you are! You accuse others of all deadly sins to make yourselves look better and cleaner against them!
Hedwyn: Come here, and I'll show you who is the son of a cur!
Sandalwood: My boy, calm down--
Gareph: I'd love to! Now I'll paint your pretty face in such a way that the Reader will never recognize it!
Oralech: Hey, you two! We agreed that you would fight for me and Sandalwood, not--
Gareph: To hell with your stupid squabbles!
*Hedwyn and Gareph throwing fists at each other*
Sandalwood: It's true what they say, like priest like people.
Oralech: Are you referring to yourself?
Sandalwood: Just thinking out loud. The wise one will understand.
Oralech: Your wisdom is beyond us, you shriveled splinter! Every word of Gareph should be written down and pasted under your agents' leaflets! A bunch of hypocrites!
Sandalwood: You're the one who provoked it.
Oralech: Me?! You think I encouraged Erisa to push me over the waterfall?
*they both lash out menacingly at each other*
Iq'sa: Hey, sir-wyrm, if both duelists and seconds are fighting, what are judges supposed to do?
Sir Gilman (confused): This knight knows of no precedent!
Iq'sa: Well, then the decision is obvious. For the True Nightwi-i-ings!!!
