“SHUT UP!” The whimpering coming from the room is really starting to annoy me. Normally I enjoy the sound of suffering, but I need to determine what to do now. The sounds fade at my command. Weak and pathetic, the council fell easily. It was the next logical step after they sent enforcers to try and arrest me. They were in the way. All it took was to kill a few of them, and poof!, the rest bowed down quickly. Speaking of which…. Looking over the surviving members, I can see them tremble trying to maintain the genuflecting posture that I left them in. They know what will happen if they break form. Their fallen companions littered amongst them bear testament to the price of failure. I don’t want to rule them, I could care less. Politics are a coward’s game. But for now, I do need people i

