Even if otherrrs have set your expectations so low, little do I wish to join them. Whetherrr here or there, a lord is worthy of his title, and of the afforded respect it deserrrves.

You have the right of it. Ishgard is as foreign to me as Windurst is to you.

[That's a doozy of a question, but he doesn't have any problems answering it, even if it will take a little explaining.]

We were fighting in a war which had been dubbed The Crystal War. Against the forces of the Shadow Lord--an uninspiring monikerrr I admit, but where he lacked crrreativity, he made up for in cruelty and powerrr.

He was able to unite the beastmen under his rule, and combined with his legion of demons, all four nations were laid underrr siege. Nevertheless, with no short supply of casualties, we were able to rrrepel their onslaught throughout the war, and cripple his army.

[He pauses a moment as he looks away from the tablet to assess where he was for a moment. Upon spotting a nearby house, he quickly shuffles inside, before continuing:]

I stepped down because I felt my purrrpose had been serrrved. That it was no longer my place to rrreside in Windurst, for--perrrsonal reasons.