The Royal Council

[MerlinusCDXX]

Having stood in the doorway listening to what has transpired, Phanias strides resolutely into the council chamber.

Hilarion, you forget yourself. Where is Basileios Sarpedon? I've rode a long way to be here, to confer with my lawful sovereign, and I come here to find YOU mistreating the general staff as if you are the Basileios himself. I do not recall B. Sarpedon ever naming YOU Kleronomos Basileios. B. Sarpedon is conveniently absent from these halls for more than 3 years? I find this highly suspicious. Have you stuffed him into an amphora perhaps, so you could play in his sandbox? Run along now, you are not needed. I will accept no words out of your mouth until I see B. Sarpedon in person. If you wish to order good soldiers around, you need to join the army and rise through the ranks like the rest of us. Magistrate, I second Cunobelinus' Edict 10.1. Also, I will be taking over this council session, as I am the only one here with PROPER authority to do so, until the Basileios arrives. I shall also run for re-election to Chancellor. Magistrate, please adjust the record to show my intentions.