In time away from the Council, I have done a bit of reflection. I know some of what i'm going to say might get in me a little hot water with some people but if it concerned me that much, I wouldn't be saying it.
Somewhere along the way the Council lost its leadership. From Simon Silverstone in the beginning, who didn't want the job and who didn't lead it, to Sir Tristam, who deals more with the Redeemed and their struggle, who also didn't lead it, to our newest and most central leader, Aideen Landau who made a stirring speech when given the position, but has since faded into the same role as the former leadership...and doesn't lead it.
I think back to all of the old holo-vids I watched of Council meetings when Radiman ran things and while the clans have most certainly changed, he was a leader. He was there when the Clans needed him, he made decisions based on input from the Council and took the heat when things went wrong. Our leadership today finds its footing mostly on the battlefields of Rubi-Ka rather than in some stuffy old building making speeches and getting yelled at for one reason or another.
My fellow Clans, it is time for a leader to emerge from among us, whether it is a legacy clan leader or a new arrival, a leader is the only way this Council will begin to get back on its feet.
In our current state, we still pit one faction against the other. Pro-War, Pro-Peace and Undecided... I said this in the beginning but it was destined to fail. Only through hard work and sheer determination from the founders of this newly arisen Council and those who kept it going later on did we make it work within the boundaries set forth originally. Well, people can only do so much and have it thrown in their faces before fatigue sets in.
I say that we set down this notion of Pro-War, Pro-Peace and Undecided and start living under one belief.
We are all Clanners.
Only when we see that we are on the same side, no matter what you believe, can we begin to rise and win the freedom we've fought hundreds of years for.
Comments? suggestions?