Editing Evelard Severstern (section)

==Notes==
*Evelard Severstern has committed treason against the Crown. He helped smuggle an Irish 'traitor' out of custody and to a safe harbor in Holland, and the trail of the traitor has been lost. Evelard is in possession of evidence that proves the Irishman's innocence, but would embroil a school friend, Baron Teynham, in a conspiracy that he would be unlikely to recover from. Caught between two relative innocents whose lives would be destroyed by political intrigue, it was easier for Evelard to put himself at risk and protect the two men from harm than to try to untangle the complicated mess, so that is what he did. Only time will tell whether it comes back to bite him.

*''You wish to know What Thrones are already under the control of Advisors? You call yourself an Advisor, and so does this mean there are others like you? And the way this is phrased implies that you know of the existence of thrones that are under other Advisors' control. Tell me more about these other Advisors and why/how this is a driving Mystery for Evelard: does the Merlin want to be the only Advisor these Thrones seek counsel from? Or do these other Advisors somehow pose a threat to the well-being of England?''

Evelard<br>
"This Agent within me, this Merlin, has informed me... quite persistently, I might add... that there are seats of power within Britain that will determine the fate of the Empire, and that Agents are jockeying for control of them. One of the tasks It has given me is to discover the nature of the Thrones... they apparently change in form through the ages... and then we must work to ensure that the Agents that gain control of them have proper intentions. But no, I don't think I... or It, rather... is meant to control any of them, but instead, perhaps, to control the Agents... the Advisors? Or to advise them? I'm not entirely certain of the plan, there. The Merlin is... not entirely forthcoming on such matters. I get the sense that more will be revealed in due time."

The Merlin<br>
''"Five Thrones Govern the Energies of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, the Kingdom United under the Crown. They are neither Fixed nor Immobile, nor is their Shape Predictable. They will have Advisors, and Many are the Number Who Seek to Control Them. We Must Ensure that the Right Hands and Tongues Guide the Thrones, for the Good of All."

OOC<br>
The 'Thrones' are a holdover of the Merlin Mythos, places or items or people of power that hold certain energies for the concept of Britain. I'm thinking along the lines of the Fisher King. 'Advisor' is also parlance of the Merlin, indicating an entity of power capable of shaping, guiding, and advising a Throne.

I'm thinking that the Merlin doesn't entirely understand what's going on with the Mist, and it's language for a Rift is to call a Rift an Advisor. To the Merlin, whatever's going on must be because the Thrones are out of whack and the Rifts are warring for control. So a key agenda for the Merlin and the person it is manifesting in is to identify either the Thrones or their Advisors and start to make sense of things and bring Britain back to normalcy. That's what the Merlin does; appear at special times in the fate and history of Britain and work to secure it and stabilize it, and then go dormant again until the Merlin is next needed.