CronicX 009

It is not difficult to be a lord, a jarl, or even a king, but it is difficult to be a leader.
Most men want to follow and what they demand of their leader is prosperity. We give land, we give silver, we give slaves, but that alone is not enough.
Leave men standing or sitting for days at a time and they get bored, and bored men make trouble. They must be surprised and challenged, given tasks they think beyond their abilities.
And they must fear.
A leader who is not feared will cease to rule, but fear is not enough. They must love, too. When a man has been led into the shield wall, when an enemy is roaring defiance, when the blades are clashing on shields, when the ravens circle and wait for the offal of men, then a man who loves his leader will fight better than a man who merely fears him.
At that moment we are brothers, we fight for each other, and a man must know that his leader will sacrifice his own life to save anyone of these men.

We are, but One of Many.