The Lizard Man Fooser, through notation by the orc GORLUSS declares the following:
Please list all insults I addressed you with.
The Countess impugned the Lizard Man's character publicly in writing, you can refer to the writings set aside for your Noble House.
I 'threatened' to raise the fee for licences again, if you keep abusing our workshop and our resources, as you did. You did not care about it. Now, at this point I would like to point out, that the fee is (temporarily) set for Runewick, not for Fooser exclusively.
This is not correct. You only brought up the littering complaint with the Lizard Man. You made no mention of taking issue with the use of tools, rather you said the opposite. The dwarf that was littering your town has not been seen in some time and the Lizard Man has not noticed any litter in Cadomyr. He hopes you are pleased with this.
Of course, in this parchment of him, he makes it look like a personal vendetta, but might have missed the part, where I talked about Runewickian citizen in plural. I did not name them in order to not put the blame on anybody, or to speak ill of somebody. Now that you decided to put on that shoe, however, I admit that it fits you very well.
The Lizard Man says this is correct, however he also believes his perspective to be correct. The Lizard Man's sources in Galmair have also informed him that you were uh .. "requested" .. to watch Sammy Goldlieb and treat him the same way if needed. The Lizard Man is also aware that you brought up the littering complaint with Caswir. However, any impartial observer can see that, as Sammy has not been seen in some time, that these new actions were directed against the Lizard Man on behalf of Galmair.
In the initial justification from the Countess, she stated that the Lizard Man was taking resources from Cadomyr and then selling wares in Galmair, thereby harming Cadomyr and boosting Galmair. If this is such a boon for Galmair why are they also harassing the Lizard Man? These actions and claims do not add up unless you assume specific individuals are being targeted for this harassment.
Sir Exelous, our most capable general, even got hurt during this
The Lizard Man is fond of the Knight Exelous and agrees with this characterization. He wonders why the Knight Exelous is not a member of the Court.
and you do not hear us raising this point to show how supportive we are.
Correct. Cadomyr would be right to bring these points up if Runewick began targeting its citizens.
As for the rescue of Aly, I heard you asking for the payment. You received 20 magical gems, from what I heard, to sit on the boat with us. An act of heartwarming love to other people indeed.
The Lizard Man was compensated which is why these costs were not billed to Cadomyr.
You did pay 100 gold coins to Exelous, but apparently you did not understand why you did that. That wasn't generosity. It was a condition to lift a kill on sight order off you and allow you back to Cadomyr. Do not make it sound as if you felt generous one morning and just handed over a donation. Same goes for the apologies, and the other demands of the Court, which happened upon your grievance to be allowed back to Cadomyr, as you may remember. As for the last point, I can not comment on this, as I was not there. From what I heard, however, you were paid for the attack as well, so please do not label this as generosity either.
This is correct, those points were to settle past issues and were not charity. However, if the Lizard Man was not demonstrating good faith to you, he also had the option of not paying the 100 gold coins, not apologizing, and not cooperating.
I do not want to belittle any of those things, though. I am thankful for your help in Mas, I am thankful for your donation of materials and I am thankful that you stood at our side when we fought enemies.
The Lizard Man expresses appreciation for you writing this.
But listing these things now as if we owe you something for it, makes them all calculated instead of generous and genuine.
The Lizard Man confirms the acts were not calculated, which is why he has not attempted to recoup lost costs up to now. The Countess has clearly been watching the Lizard Man and has started calculating whether she feels he is a "net benefit" or "net loss" to her kingdom and is now requiring compensation. Because the Countess is cultivating this type of relationship, the Lizard Man has no choice but to recoup these losses.
The Lizard Man has also noted that the Countess has not provided the calculation she used to determine he was a "net loss" to her realm, which he expresses disappointment toward. Did the Countess account for all the coins the Lizard Man paid to her merchants in her marketplace? Or that he has been exclusively selling maps to Kraex, her citizen? Or that he has traded magical gems and pure elements he has mined to her citizens? Or any of the time and effort the Lizard Man spent defending her walls? He does not understand her conclusion.
I have neither been rude nor aggressive against you. How could I even, seeing how you always run the long way around the market to avoid people, only giving one-worded commands towards Simeon to request a repair, or say 'hello' as the full extent of conversation, before running off again?
The Lizard Man has a good relationship with Simeon.
You say that you witnessed Cadomyrian citizen littering, but I also witnessed how the mines look after you were done there. Mugs everywhere on the ground, lighted torches between the rubbish. It's a blessing that stones don't burn, or else we would have had a massive fire already.
Raw stone is a natural biproduct of the mining process and to suggest that all miners do not do this is a joke. The Lizard Man is curious again as to how the Countess attributed stone or mugs to Fooser and not to other miners who have been seen there? Additionally, the Lizard Man carries a firesword with him to kill slimes and illuminate the darkness. He has never lit a torch in any mine and requests you retract that. He has witnessed the human Bidukan leaving lit torches all over Galmair though, perhaps you should ask them.
Coming next to the 'sudden' change of hearts. Which, as you may guess, was not as sudden as you want to portray it here. Months ago, I already talked to the new Runewickian ambassador to Cadomyr, Eli Travinus, who agreed, that your use of Cadomyrian resources and tools bordered robbery.
The Runewick ambassador did not raise this point with the Lizard Man. If the Countess' words are true, the Lizard Man vigorously disagrees with the characterization by the Runewick ambassador.
He agreed that putting a fee on you was legitimate and reasonable, but asked to only put it on you. After other cases became public, however, I said that the general fee on licences would come now. I would have raised it earlier, but then Aly went missing, and setting up a fee became less important.
The Lizard Man expresses happiness that you placed the rescue of Aly at higher priority than "how to stop a Lizard from making trinkets." He wishes that the Countess and Oxiana take the same approach with Letma. Perhaps the lands would not be in the sad state they are in currently.
Again, this is not hostility against one or more Runewickian citizen. It is an attempt to make you aware that we have tool repair costs to cover, which we cannot cover if our resources and wares are exported without a benefit for Cadomyr.
How does the Countess calculate these repair costs? How does she attribute the wear on the tools to Runewick citizens as opposed to others? Does she watch the workshop all day and night?
Next up is something, I will call a wild conspiracy. You asked "how does the fact that some Galmair citizens left for Runewick impact Cadomyr?" and the answer is very simple: It does not. At this point you make it sound as if it is a licence for you, but it is not. It is a licence for Runewick, which you are merely a part of. I would like to point out how self centered your parchment is.
The Lizard Man trusts his sources in Galmair who have informed him that you were uh .. "requested" to watch the Lizard Man and Sammy specifically and to take actions against them if needed. He has also been informed by his source in Galmair that whenever there is tension with Runewick, the Countess immediately runs to Galmair to speak with Oxiana. It's quite apparent that Galmair has lost numerous citizens to Runewick - Caswir, Fooser, Kyre, Tyan, Sammy, Drathe, to name a few, and that Oxiana has a lot of anger and resentment. It seems they directed this mostly at the Lizard Man and the Countess is complying. The Lizard Man couldn't help but notice that when you arrived at the Runewick harbor to take the voyage to get Aly, you were wearing yellow and black - Galmair colors!
All it does is affirm the theory I heard from somebody who's responsible in Runewick, who will remain unnamed here, who said that the only reason for your move to Runewick was to get their magical gems.
This is another instance of public defamation from you against the Lizard Man and it has been added to the bill.
My dear Fooser, you say that you do not have any intention of aggressive acts against me? Then reread your parchment, in which you basically call me a mindless slave of Galmair who cannot make her own decisions.
The Lizard Man refused to retaliate against your acts of disrespect since his return, until the parchment above delivered yesterday, as an act of good faith. However, he is not a training dummy that will continue to be hit without response.
Your bill will remain mostly unpaid, I am afraid. Happily, I will pay for the nails, which you so generously donated to our project.
The Lizard Man is pleased you have accepted part of the bill. He reiterates that the remaining lines are justified items that the Countess owes, and that it is universally accepted around the world that not paying one's debts is dishonorable.
We lost our most capable general for months due to his protection of Runewick. Am I supposed to demand compensation payment for that as well?
Perhaps. If Runewick was attempting to pointless extract coins from Cadomyrians.
I hope I could solve all misunderstandings, and I am happy to see such an amount of words from you. Last time you had so much to say, and did not avoid the conversation or even contact to other people on the Cadomyr marketplace, must have been your last grievance. If only, you could put in so much effort into social contacts in times you have nothing to complain about, then maybe we would not have to discuss a fee for licences today.
From the Lizard Man's observations, your interactions with Runewickers have exuded arrogance and appeared unpleasant. The Countess has also defamed his character in public in the past. Because of this, and from your writings, he would not find exchanging pleasantries with you to be pleasant or intellectually stimulating. A minimum length of conversation between the parties was not part of the Agreement, and has never been a prerequisite for using tools anywhere.
Amendment #1 to Bill for Services Provided
Amendment Date: Eldas 4
Amended Due Date: Irmas 4
- The original bill incorrectly states the price per pin at 10 silver, this was intended to read 1 silver. The total was correct and does not need to be changed.
- For new counts of public defamation the bill for miscellaneous damages is hereby increased from 30g to 40g.
- The Lizard Man provided 4,000 raw stone for a project against Letma. Due to the Countess' failure to end the Letma threat after all these years, and since ending such a threat would benefit Cadomyr more than either other realm, the Lizard Man is owed compensation at 4,000 stone x 40c per stone -------- 16g
- Reimbursement for teleporter costs for transporting the stone (40 trips x 5s per trip) -------- 2g
Amended Grand Total: 142.8g
The Lizard Man has heard from certain sources that the Countess is unable to pay this debt so he reiterates his generous offer of allowing a monthly payment plan until paid in full
at no interest! The Lizard Man is willing to negotiate alternative arrangements if the Countess is shown to act in good faith.
The orc GORLUSS, notating for and paraphrasing the Lizard Man Fooser
