Anyone but Iphraem!
Citizens of Sanctuary! I call upon you to do everything in your power to deny a council seat to Eleane Iphraem! She is a self-proclaimed follower of Bane, Lord of Tyranny. Her publicly stated aims are to solve Sanctuary's problems in the typical Banite way, with force and intimidation.
For those who are not familiar with Bane, let me shed some light on the subject. Bane touts himself the ultimate tyrant, he demands utter subservience to himself. Those who cross him (and by extension his followers, such as Iphraem) in ANY way are to be utterly destroyed. “Defy Bane and Die!” THAT is their motto. Bane encourages his followers to attain power and then control people through fear. He also encourages control over people through hatred. By always ensuring that you have some target to hate they ensure that they can direct your attention to that target and away from them and their evil machinations. Violence is his way; it is how he and his follower solve nearly any problem. Violence against the problem, violence toward people in general to keep them fearful and in line, encouraging others to engage in violence toward their hated “target” for the purposes of social control. Rigid, authoritarian, unmerciful tyranny, that is the Banite way.
And these are the proclaimed ways of Eleane Iphraem, given power in this city she will beat us over the head with it. If she is elected you can expect the Watch to become evermore bullying, the cities laws and penalties to become harsher, and fear to become the order of the day. In addition she has proposed to demand tribute from Lower, and to use force against it to collect. And discussion of something similar for New Dunwarren is already on the table.
Friends, I have served Sanctuary tirelessly as a humble Ilmateri healer since I came here over a year ago and never asked anything in return, until now.
I ask you now to elect Anyone but Iphraem!
*A caricature of Eleane Iphraem is drawn below the text depicting her with the facial features of a chimp*