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Much to my dismay, I discovered today that the kingdom of the Samurai loyal to the throne of the Emperor of Santerrain, which you all know as Samurai, was destroyed.
Samurai represented the kingdom of virtue, loyalty, honour, dedication, and steadfastness. I will openly admit we could never satisfy all the expectations we placed on ourselves. But we never failed to try: and in always attempting to maintain honour, we satisfied the true samurai spirit.
But, sadly, that edifice has fallen. What remains of the kingdom is a boiling concoction of deceit, dishonour, and treachery. As I see what was once the proud logo of our numbers, our most guarded treasure, disgrace us as it covers the proudest and most ignoble of Graalians, I cry for what we stood for, dead.
Dustari aided in its destruction. I can't hold it against the kingdom that they do not appreciate honour. It is only natural that Kamuii desire to do such a thing: After all, it shows Dustari's power and influence, that they can get the RCs to restructure the kingdom.
Nor do I hold it against the admins. Without them, Kingdoms would be utterly static, and how poisonous is still water.
But, Wing did truly disappoint me. He was once a samurai, and knew what we stood for. I was unquestioningly loyal to him as emperor, and defended him when disloyal members turned up, betraying him. I stood by him until he left us.
But I did not know his lust for power was such that he would betray the remaining samurai just to retake the throne that would have been given to him if he had asked for it! He chose to deceive us, and I knew nothing of it before it was long done.
Now I still wish to preserve our principles, but I see how rare the are. The spirit of the samurai is near dead: The value of honour has no place in the heart of Dustari, no place in the heart of most graalians. I will carry loyalty with the few samurai spirits, then, even as our once proud tag disgraces us and our once proud land is poisoned by the influence of the encroaching power of greed, deceit, and selfishness. |