Rome never fell because it was never Rome and Rome is older than Rome and it wasn't called Rome. Every war is a proxy war but they're still fought and won. Every woman is false at a profit, who sponsors? If you play a convincing fool high priestesses will play you for one, scream damsel, point dragon and march you to your death. Hungry hyenas bay like dogs of war, generations of blood soak the hands of cunning misandrists in high court. There is nothing to show for any of it. Theatre for the fat cats, bread and circus, who makes harvest? Who plays Jester? Who profits? Veil behind a veil and a maze with more than one entrance and exit. I haven't written anything of substance to introduce this thread and you won't have done either by the time it archives.