Sitting on the Fence [Guignol Vs. Altharim]

[Malxe]

The rushing of water falls silent.
Altharim's Commander hears the declarations one by one from atop the garden's fountain.
It takes not much more than a wave of the hand for the preparations to spark the fledgling power into activity.
The rasps of blades howl as the forces of Unity prepare their stand against the dark that encircles them.

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How cowardly.
You cast truths veiled in deceit, and lies mistaken for earnest.
Your plants like Melina and Caeltheus were just another in a long line of liars and killers your kind protects. Traitors of our lovely Unity need not apply to your failed casus belli. But of course, any straws that you can grasp to weasel out whatever vain victory you can gain.

If only because you won't find any here. 

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Shortly thereafter, the Frosted Queen of Altharim herself makes her own message known.

Somewhere along the way you mistook my kindness to allow your people redemption as docility.
The goal was always to free this realm of your influence.
You throw a tantrum over us attempting to redeem two of your people. All you know is destruction.

Stage direction complete, let the scene begin.