Iain… I just don’t get him. OK, it’s not Iain’s fault he can’t lie, but anyway.

I was sure he’ll die. Like, he literally lied his head down and Galahad got a sword, because of course Galahad is supposed to be the executioner… damn, I preferred him as a cinnamon roll. And of course we didn’t protest. I mean, it was our Imperator’s order. And I doubt I would win against my two brothers (Iain would just kneel there and look tragic. He’s really, really bad at helping himself.)

Anyway, Iain got saved in the last moment, because Solsangranda is random and dramatic as usual.

I almost expected him to be unhappy about being saved. He’s that kind of guy.

Generally, our family relationships—not all, just my relationship with my brothers—is… Well, it’s difficult. I guess that’s how Augusta Valentina feels with her siblings? And a lot of our conversations begin with “Sofia, promise that you won’t tell that to your Excrucian friends”.

I wouldn’t call them friends. Well, OK, I would, but only because I’m a better liar than Iain. Excrucians aren’t friends with people. Well, maybe Genseric. But if he was mostly my *friend*, I wouldn’t get a trial for that.

Galahad promised (supported by Imperial Miracle) to get revenge, but I have no idea on whom and for what. I doubt he’s got any idea either.

At least his memory works better now (thanks, Darshan!). This will probably help him to get that revenge.

So, Iain is trying to dramatically die, Galahad is planning a murder spree on some Excrucians or something, Lando is being quiet and normal… Solsangranda as usual.

At least Asarhaddon is dead, so he can’t criticize us more.

And Textrix is apparently still alive and changed his title to Cardinal.As I said, I’m good at making others happier. As long as I don’t care. Or at least I don’t care about them personally.

Maybe it’s a good thing that my brothers are being awful recently.

[out-of-character note: Sofia won’t post it of course, but Luciana saved Iain by agreeing to marry him (long story) and now he’s looking for a way to become a normal human because this way they’ll be able to be together and love each other and their kids (their son and their adopted ex-strategist-shard daughter).

Sofia persuaded Iain to agree to get Flower Rited and Genseric agreed to help cover the tracks so that Iain and Luciana can live happily and not get killed for treason. The other two brothers were nice and didn’t try to murder Iain or Sofia. :)

Also, Sofia is more and more convinced that Excrucian way is the right way, but before she’ll run away, she wants to leave her brothers safe, having some allies and, most important, having a good alibi to prove that they didn’t support her treason or know about it or that they tried to stop her. She still has no idea how this all works, so it’ll be fun.

There are some big tensions in the party about the War and all that. We’ll probably finish the campaign in a session or 2 and there’s a possibility of PvP in the finale.

All the players are awesome because nobody got angry IRL despite the growing tension. Also, Iain’s player is an awesome actress (yes, he’s RPed by a woman). And they’re all great and the GM too. ♥]