A tous ceux qui ces présentes verront, salut.
Hello everyone. As you must all know, my good cousin Charles, king of France, is at war with his disloyal vassal, Henry of England. Since the English fellow has landed in Normandy with an army and laid siege to Harfleur in august of that year 1415, Charles has summoned the ost to lift the siege and humble the arrogant usurper.
Now, if that was it, I wouldn’t need to consult you, my valued councellors. The problem is Charles is ill and quite mad, actually. I have so far managed to exploit this to my advantage and seize political power and access to the royal coffers make sure France does not fall into chaos and anarchy at great cost to myself. Fortune is fickle, however, and the bastards Armagnac have poisoned the king’s mind more than it already was, and turned him against me, effectively ousting me from power.
Now, they have the galls to ask me not to answer the summon in person, but to send my knights still! The audacity! I’m certain that they do that so I cannot share in the glory of the certain victory that is to come. I’m torn as to how I should answer their insult.
Choice A : I accept not to go, taking advantage of their absence in the field to consolidate my power, letting them disgrace themselves by being petty while taking the high road.
Choice B : I accept not to go and refuse that go my knights either. I know they are quite keen to join the action and many feel bound to their oath of service to the king still, but they are loyal to me and will do as I command. If the rotten Armagnac want to go to war without the most experienced military commander in the whole kingdom, they can go to hell and might even lose the battle (though I doubt even they could lose such an engagement but hey, on ne sait jamais.)
Choice C : Since when does the lion concerns himself with the opinion of the sheep? Let them try and oppose me. My king has summoned me and I am as honorable as I am a renowned knight. Let it not be said that I am a coward.
Jean sans Peur, Prince de France, Duc de Bourgogne, comte de Flandres et d’Artois et comte-palatin de Bourgogne.
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Choice C!
Allons enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Take the path of choice A! This is your chance, take that power while they can do nothing to stop you.