[PastaTM]

"I welcome all of those here who have lent me their ears today. For those who are not part of Menagerie, I wish you a warm welcome within the very walls of our settlement. - Yet who I am? The man speaking to you now? I am Ertyas al'Lothin. An aristocrat of Mengarerie. It has always been my focus to give peace to branch nations. After all, it is why I left my homeland to come to this grand nation."

"From my time in Aphros, I learned much about this nation. The good. The bad. The odd. - Yet I felt not quite at home there. So I took my travels and reached out to Dal'Thala. Learned of her people. Learned how they worked just in the same manner in which I saw Aphros. Studying. Learning. I adored it. ...But I too did not feel at home within those walls. So I felt lost. With a few friends, I learned of Menagerie. At first. I was confused. I didn't understand what happened here. It was peaceful. It was a lovely place I found myself coming back to time and time again."

"It didn't take long for me to find myself there daily. Sitting in the square, Enjoying tea. Speaking to my friends. ...We then moved in a few weeks later after we had the money. I had new goals, new ideas, and things I wanted to act upon and help those around me. So, we made our home a lab. Based upon research and advancement towards the greater good of all. Do not take my words here as it is a smooth ride. It was anything but. Failure is a lesson, a harsh one at that."

"So why do I tell you all this? Why do I tell you a bit about myself, of my life, of what I do even today?"

"A leader must know their people and the people must know their leader. I come forth today to put my name on the board. To become a leader to aid not only my own home. But to those, we have become close with. From Port Fortune to Last Frontier. We have welcomed all who wish to join us in our home here. Within this land. My goals are simple. To maintain the peace that we have worked so hard to achieve. Not through the violence of action. Yet with words to sway those to see us in a new light. To show them there are different paths to take other than this needless bloodshed that we have been going through for years upon years."


"The value of life is not what someone can put a price on. We must do all that we can to protect every soul, every life. I have held these beliefs since I was a young child, that there are BETTER ways to go about conflict. Make no mistake that we will not fail those who have taken our hand in peace. If we must fight after every other avenue of approach has been taken then so be it."

"Yet I wish to be that hand. To try and do everything within my power to aid those for the greater good of us all. Not for greed, not for power."

"Only to make this nation a better place."

"I know I have said a lot, and I thank you all for listening to my words."

"Take your time, and make the right choice. Even if it is not me, make the choice that would suit that of the many. Not the few."

-Ertyas al'Lothin

OOC

Goals:

• To maintain the peace between settlements and achieve new ones.
  
• Offer a new avenue of Political based roleplay for other settlements/city-states.
  
• To encourage further passive roleplay regarding political talks.
  
• Possible new routes for trade and research for the Settlement itself (if allowed)
  

Discord: Pasta#1499

Feel free to contact me if need be!