I hate *Game of Thrones-*style politics. For me, they are often pretentious and always drain the life out of fantasy yarns.

I want Marloth narratives to have a splash of politics without focusing on the politics.

In particular, I want to minimize political scheming. Any political scheming should stay in the background.

I’m more open to having political elements in scenes when it is people considering and reacting to political factors.

In that respect, politics can be seen as macro-etiquette. It’s people considering how to work within social constraints and be gentlemen and gentlewomen.

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Where there is political scheming, it should always be portrayed as negative.

In general, heroes should not be involved with political schemes.

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