"I'd dispute that characterization of what I did as fair.  Once I got my Splendour headband back, and before I healed myself, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they just wouldn't go for it."

"I'd dispute that characterization of what I did as fair.  I did my best to replace one wicked government with another."

"Once I got my Splendour headband back, and before I healed myself, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they just wouldn't go for it."

"I'd dispute that characterization of what I did as fair.  I did my best to replace one wicked government with another."

"Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they just wouldn't go for it."

"I dispute that characterization of what I did.  I did my best to replace one wicked government with another."

"Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they just wouldn't go for it."

"I dispute that characterization of what I did."

"Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"So I did my best to replace one wicked government with another, okay?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."

"I dispute that characterization of what I did."

"Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"So I did my best to replace one wicked legal government with another, okay?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."

"I vigorously dispute that characterization of what I did.  Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"So I did my best to replace one wicked legal government with another, got it?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."

"I vigorously dispute that characterization of what I did.  Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else, you'll always end up ruled by Evil people because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I replaced one wicked legal government with another, got it?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."

"I vigorously dispute that characterization of what I did.  Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else.  You'll always end up ruled by Evil people, because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, who wouldn't have to pretend about the Evil and could be selected for Lawfulness too, and invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax who'd supervise them and make sure that they didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I replaced one wicked legal government with another, got it?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."

"I vigorously dispute that characterization of what I did.  Once I got my Splendour headband back, I gave Korvosa my best oration on how states always end up ultimately ruled by Evil people, even if those rulers pretend to be something else, even if they mislead divination spells so they look like some different alignment, even if they make secret donations to Good churches so that their alignment will genuinely detect as something else.  You'll always end up ruled by Evil people, because they're the ones who want power and because of what people have to do to keep power.  That was why Korvosa needed to choose openly Lawful Evil rulers in the future, who wouldn't have to pretend about the Evil and could be selected for Lawfulness too.  And invite in a powerful representative from Cheliax, who'd supervise the next ruler and make sure she didn't do anything too crazy that would destroy Korvosa's value to Cheliax as a trading partner and port to Varisia."

"I replaced one wicked legal government with another, got it?  I wanted to talk them into just joining the Chelish Empire again, but my Splendour was warning me that they wouldn't go for it."