Tomorrow comes another important date in our history. It will be the date our future is decided by you. The public. For some of you, this will be a difficult decision for there are many fine candidates with many fine promises. For others it will be easy to determine who is lying, or unreliable.
I ask you, sir and miss, to look upon your candidates. What sort of man is he? What sort of woman is she? Look upon your councilors, who are they? What have they done? Councilor Bhast has clearly proven himself a reliable man with the interests of Sanctuary in heart, with Selfless donations to match. Councilor Gaeseric makes strong promises, which he has proven he has kept in the past. Both of these men have proven what they are made of in their past, and this is why I trust them with this power.
However, there are some men whom have shown themselves to be most unsavory and unfit for this power we might give them. Some men who keep their past in the shadows lest it come into the public eye for them to scrutinize. I am no such man. I do not hide myself from the truths of my life, let them come out and I will acknowledge them if they are true. I take strong pride in everything I do and will not be ashamed to have others know of it should they be interested.
This time, right here, isn’t about me though. I am not here to swindle your vote, simply make a request; Place your candidates under close scrutiny, for these are the men and women whom shall lead us in our darkest hour. Place not your favor upon them simply because they hand you an ale or make you chuckle. There are candidates whom make grand promises with little method, or candidates who think slaying a Drow and rescuing a few from the bonds of Slavery makes them the stuff worthy of leading this community. To this I say No! A man should not perform a selfless deed to garner your favor, he should act selflessly because that is what -should- be done when others are in need.
Look upon Dreagle and who he is. A man who worships living Ooze, “The Primordial“, who’d see us all bow to it if he could. A man who lies in the courts under the Honorable Gaeseric’s scrutiny. A man who’d seek to bribe or buy favor in his endeavors against others because his -honest- efforts are lacking or nonexistent. A man who stands before you as a possible leader, yet preaches of our “Illithid Overlords”. He preaches fear and lies. A man who quite likely pays more attention to the Goblins and Kobold of this city, *Raises a Flier* In his attempt to buy their votes than he does to the majority of this city. A man who attacks others in writing, but refuses to leave a name *Raises another flier* A man who has -never- stood before you as I do today or have in the past to speak my thoughts or make a request as a fellow citizen. These are all facts that are widely known by many, and things Mandarin cannot deny lest he call dozens, if not hundreds, in this city liars.
Is this what Sanctuary needs? Is this what we as a people want? Tomorrow the power will be in -your- hands to decide.
Today I stand before you as Citizen Reynolt, Thank you for your time.