Rangertale, Ch.6: Samnic Intrigue
"i do not doubt your skill in statecraft, rumelis, but wouldn't that take too long? going for a peaceful solution could just leave tull time to regroup his mercenaries and attack wherever they're holding the shards." "we represent a nation, mels.
Lore Book: The Hitrosii
Their conflicts are primarily resolved through statecraft; careful manipulations of opposing forces set them against each other.
"The Thin Line," Part U
My officer was not best pleased by this, in that he had to pick up some of the slack in the statecraft chamber created by the stallion's accident.
"From Whom All Blessings Flow," Part B
"you 'ave breakfast with 'im tomorrow morning, yer 'ighness, before the statecraft chamber meeting."
I, Dacien -- Chapter Thirty-Three -- Imperial Interlude: Reverie for an Unaccompanied Xerxes
Perhaps an ambassador, dealing in matters of statecraft that...are not usually discussed. not the patriarch, i think. a brother, father, or uncle - an uncle, if i had to choose one.
"The Thin Line," Part Z
The bells of the cathedral had just finished ringing terce when my escorts, two cavalry-furs with drawn swords, deposited me in the statecraft chamber.
A World Not Like That Remembered
In some ways, uther thought with an inwardly aimed chuckle, the world of statecraft was not all that dissimilar from the pitch of battle, and remained largely unchanged in this future.
The Royal Slut
He had ruled the best he could, but with powerful enemies to the north born of the previous king's warmongering and poor statecraft, his reign was all but fated to end in tragedy.
The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 8 - Brighter Light, Deeper Darkness
It would probably work out well, the baronet was skilled in many of the fields of statecraft that he had neglected, together they could rule their lands quite to everyones' satisfaction.
Royal Slut
He had ruled the best he could, but with powerful enemies to the north born of the previous king's warmongering and poor statecraft, his reign was all but fated to end in tragedy.
[p] The Harem and the Himbo, chapter 2
From baucis and the servants, she had heard that tereus had focused his early reign on statecraft, leaving the raising of his children--orfeo and the prince's sister, alcyone--to their mother.
The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 3 - Meditations on Solitude
If he had known about the this cursed marriage all along he could have had his whole life to prepare up to this point, instead he'd have to learn the ways of statecraft by the proverbial seat of his pants, all because jashiid thought it would be funny to spring