Dread Emperor Venal

"Don’t think of it so much as a fall, but rather as an opportunity to learn how to fly."

―Dread Emperor Venal, in the act of succeeding his predecessor^{^[1]}

Venal was a former Dread Emperor of Praes. He killed his predecessor.^[1]

Epigraphs[]

“Don’t think of it so much as a fall, but rather as an opportunity to learn how to fly.”
– Dread Emperor Venal, in the act of succeeding his predecessor^[1]

“Power is as wealth; that which is yours has always been snatched from another.”
– Dread Emperor Venal^[2]

“I’ve found that nothing quite sets the tone for council like strangling a courtier with my bare hands just before we begin.”
– Dread Emperor Venal^[3]

“It is the nature of gambling that the scope of one’s victory is proportionate to the scope of all others’ defeat. So is it with empire, and near as subordinate to chance.”
– Dread Emperor Venal^[4]

References[]

[deliver-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/chapter-30-deliver/

[pledged-2] ttps://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/chapter-62-pledged/

[conspiracy-3] ttps://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/chapter-36-enchere/

[ante-4] ttps://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2019/05/17/chapter-41-ante/

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