Quick as the wind, Dust whirled his sword to a forehand grip to level it at the would-be Emperor.

"Don't," he said, voice quiet but intense enough to carry. "That is the one warning I will give you. "

The runes on the Blade of Ahrah flickered with no particular pattern, like a cold firelight.

...okay, he's really not sure about the hamsters, but Dust intended to let no one establish any sort of totalitarian rule.