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[forsyth]

The King was a small and fearful man. Unfortunately, this hardly made him unique among kings. Much of the time, this was because the job of King was a very big job, far too big for any man. So any king by comparison seemed small. And the pressures of the job made any man fearful. Unlike other kings though, this King started that way and had perfected fear to an art. He turned his fear outward, and gave it to others, so it would blind them and make him seem brave and wise.

Sadly, it worked for far too long.