Imperial Faction is No Go ...
Message:The Imperial Faction plans to put the stones in a crown for what would soon be a mad emperor ... are they any other kind?
Now, if it was a plot to end the line of the Emperor's I might buy that.
The stones being unpredictable and wild magic cannot be controlled by mortals. Less Tolkien and more Lovecraft or Howard. Any who are near them are driven mad.
That was a gimme. No Go there.
One faction wishes to destroy them.
One wants to put it into a statue. (The Dwarves.)
One wants to make it a Gauntlet as is such the vogue these days.
Our thought is the Dwarves are the only ones who can handle them. But, they want to make a statue. And, of course, we're thinking, if it destroys the Avar dwarves .... what do we care?
Throw some scraps in the pen for the former commander. There can't be a downside whipping him and flinging dung on him.
Yours,
IronConrad
27-Nov-2022