"To rule with an iron fist is easy and vulgar. To rule with a velvet glove, subtle and uncertain. To combine the both is the measure of any truly talented ruler. A people must be allowed to thrive without interference when possible, but cajoled when it is necessary. Many a realm has come to ruin because those who ruled could not find this balance. Who is to say Parigi will not join them?" -Antoninus the First, Lord Duke of Parigi