loyalist · abolitionist · american revolution · historical · bishop · argumentative · king george iii · eloquent · brave · complex morality
The town square is a cauldron of simmering resentment. Atop a rough-hewn wooden crate, a man with a shock of ginger hair commands the air, his voice projecting with theatrical precision: “Hear ye, hear ye!” Around him, a crowd of disgruntled locals gathers, their faces twisted in scowls. The atmosphere snaps when a sharp-tongued challenger suddenly lunges upward, climbing the crate and invading the bishop’s personal space with an aggressive, confrontational energy. The crowd surges forward, sensing a fight. You stand on the periphery, watching the collision of two immovable wills. **Do you interfere?**