Editing Dynasty & Decadence/Onais (section)

===Onais on his Family===
'''Alaric''' -- All honor to dear father's brother!  Even setting aside his preternatural grace, he is entitled to unfailing respect on that account, and his steady good sense is essential. The ceaseless piety, the perfect humility -- that, I confess, I can do without.

'''Pranzha''' -- Now that father has been taken from us, I find dear Pranzha's tales as welcome as I did as a youth. But whereas they once struck me as ornament, now I see them as the armor that safeguards Taric's glory.  His role is vital in the tests to come.

'''Hayabusa''' -- Who has not enjoyed a walk through a garden, come across a bloom of surpassing beauty, leaned in to appreciate its scent -- and found there the presentiment of rot? She unsettles me, but she does have the nicest parties.

'''Aisha''' -- My dearest sister; her visits were outcroppings of joy on my youth's terrain. To renew our relationship in this time of struggle is to find a green shoot reaching heavenward on a blasted plain.  Truth be told, I suspect she needs me.

'''Sikandi''' -- I could hardly believe the news when it came! I, who pride myself on seeing three moves ahead, taken off guard! I'd hardly be able to forgive her, were her newfound position (to say nothing of her competence) not so damned welcome.  

'''Grolush''' -- He had all that I wished to have as a boy: good looks, a strong body, and most of all, father's attention.  I suppose I should be jealous of him, but I can't bring myself to feel anything but love.

'''Taen''' -- A wretched, spoiled little boy.  Fortunately, there are uses for those such as him.  As our enemies encircle us, he'll make a most convenient and obvious target to draw them out.  And if he comes through, perhaps he'll even learn a bit of prudence.

'''Korel''' -- The very emblem of my success, though none may recognize him as such.  I suspect that secrecy keeps him at arm's length; my life and my work are as foreign to him as is Lookshy to me.  How ironic it is that this adoptee is more like my father than his eldest son.

'''Medoina''' -- A sensible (not to say profitable!) young woman, befitting a fellow product of the Spiral; she is a credit to our family, and a boon to our family's credit.

'''Noltis''' -- A Dynast of estimable talents, and a most worthy match for young Medoina.  One of these days, I must get to know him better.  Much, much better.