A WIP.

"How did it come to this?" said the Prime Minister.

"It must be sorcercy. Bewitchment," said the Minister of War. "For too long the King has not attend court since he started fooling around with that non-man."

"2 years, dear colleagues," said the Minister of Rites. "It's that long. And in that time, the King has granted Surroth one tax monopoly to another. Recently, the King has granted him another one: tax in salt trade."

"This is no fooling around like you put it, Minister," said the Prime Minister. "It's a threat to social order. And power in the hands of a non-man. Disgusting! Friends, we need ideas."

"Well," the Minister of Rites started, "if we could rein in the Seneschal ...