Noctisardor Bypass the means of obtaining celestial honours

the son of a senator. noble. the talk of battle.
mahler twitched only an ear, the bemused expression never leaving him.
"i have no army."
"rivenvood has long been peaceful. i am the keeper of that peace, and i am a man on in years who is tired of var. this place vas vone in strife, taken from the vones who lived here. but it is not something i seek."
"we are familial vith each other here. there is no glory to be pursued or gotten here, no soldiers. only comfort. respite. hard vork and good meals. i no longer make var, nor do i tolerate those in rivenvood searching it for themselves."
a slight hardening of the lilac stare.
"i am a doktor and a midvife, not a commander. if it is politics or conflict you seek, you vill not find it here."