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...during the Succession, Westeros would undoubtedly not be the same realm it is today.’
A Treatise On The Ruby Order, by Maester Kennet Bracken
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The Red Keep, King’s Landing, Crownlands, Westeros, 298 AC
Varys had to die. As soon as possible. Lord Tywin Lannister knew that beyond any...
...gets you into trouble with Lucasfilm and the Navy and whoever owns that other show, don't blame me!" he muttered as he retreated into the kitchen.
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PZ-8623 System, Former Territory of Ba'al, December 26th, 2001 (Earth Time)
"Five of the six recon missions on the selected target...
Raven and Qrow will have to be careful back in Remnant.
Yeah, Martins mixed Medieval Age and Renaissance in the worst ways.
They won't condone torture. Not that the odds of Varys surviving to stand trial are high to begin with.
On the other hand, they don't really have any organisation that would raise children right so they won't continue to commit crimes. The Watch is more like a life sentence for that.
:)
Yeah, I just saw one of those while hiking this week.
...than punishing them, as evidenced by their documented involvement in numerous trials.’
A Treatise On The Ruby Order, by Maester Kennet Bracken
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The Red Keep, King’s Landing, Crownlands, Westeros, 298 AC
Terese stared at the bars in front of the window of her cell. They were thick...
...members of the command council agreed, Adora was already going over the coming deployment of the forces available to the Alliance in her head.
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Research Base Alpha, First Moon of Enchantment, December 11th, 2001 (Earth Time)
… and I regret to inform you that due to several classified...
...reforms that allowed the Seven Kingdoms to achieve its current dominance over Essos.’
A Treatise On The Ruby Order, by Maester Kennet Bracken
*****
The Red Keep, King’s Landing, Crownlands, Westeros, 298 AC
It was far too dark in these tunnels. The lanterns they had didn't do much - they...
...so far.
Which was why the General was drilling his troops so much, of course. They would be in the field, at the tip of the spear, soon.
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Bright Moon, Etheria, December 1st, 2001 (Earth Time)
“They’re doing the Christmas mania again.”
“Like every year,” Catra said in response to...
Well, that depends on what Varys's partners think about RWBY. If they share his views, then they'd think sending an army would be throwing that army away.
Indeed. As others, Varys is trapped by his own biases and preconceptions.
Kenneth will attribute such things to luck, of course! Anything to support his thesis!
He's pretty messed up in any case.
A fact-finding mission for the Four Maidens! (The crusade has to wait a bit.)
Yeah. And, of course, about him betraying the realm (and everyone else) so his pet...
...shared that view, as their actions in King's Landing during the Coin Crisis show.’
A Treatise On The Ruby Order, by Maester Kennet Bracken
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The Red Keep, King’s Landing, Crownlands, Westeros, 298 AC
Varys looked at the report from his little bird. The four witches had been invited...
Whether or not that's colonialism depends entirely on whether or not there's an expectation of concessions after the regime gets toppled - and the Etherians have no such designs. (Well, expect for pholding human rights and saving lives, and if that's neocolonialsim, then the word lost all meaning.)
...“Catra!”
Well, they had changed the topic, at least. But that didn’t change the past - or that the American government was currently reeling.
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White House, Washington D.C., United States of America, November 22nd, 2000
“You’ve caused a huge problem for us, General O’Neill.”
The...
...several conflicts at Court, although, as every scholar knows, only to a point.’
A Treatise On The Ruby Order, by Maester Kennet Bracken
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The Red Keep, King’s Landing, Crownlands, Westeros, 298 AC
He was ruined. Ruined! Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Lord Petyr Baelish knew...
That's not the Etherians stopping Kinsey - that's Jack stopping him, with a bit of help from his friends. His former FBI agents found the thread to unravel the conspiracy, and the Etherians were just called in to protect people while the FBI investigates.
"Look, if you want to do business with us and get our technology, you have to treat people like us - LGBTQI+ people - like people with all the right" is not colonialism. It's just setting standards. Don't want to be a decent person? No sweat, you just don't get advanced technology. That's not...
...but with the election over, and the scope of what they were investigating growing with each new discovery…
It would be messy. Very messy.
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P-8625, P-8625-System, November 9th, 2000 (Earth Time)
The final assault on the last stronghold of Ba’al’s clone hadn’t left too much standing...
The faceless men might not contact him - you hire them, they do the job, that's it. So, coordinating with them might not be possible. And, of course, Blake would literally smell that trap from afar :)