The Magnaura

[Andres]

"Maybe you don't realize the extremely delicate position I am in? If I go with the Basileus, my rank, title, trust bestowed in me, and my House evaporate faster then water in the desert. if I side with Methodios, I keep my rank, title, trust, and my House, but I gain the enmity of you, the Basileus and everyone else as well. So far, I have heard nothing that can assure me I simply won't be absorbed into another House, like House Asteri or the Order, by being loyal, nor anything about how my House will continue on afterward."

That's what you get when you're not too picky when it comes to vassals. Maybe you should hold higher standards before accepting an oath in the future?

Don't escape your own responsability, dear Lord. Or you help cleaning up this mess and worry about your future later, or you face some very nasty consequences.

Nikolaos turns to Savvas.

"Dear Savvas, I did serve in the Varangian Guard. I am sure you know the nature of such men?"

Be that as it may, the past is the past. Today, you are a Senator in this body. Act like one.