[ WP ] Story Of The Sidekick

Oooh, I did this for my Shakespeare class. 
 
 I should have taken Margaret ’ s warning that “ his venom tooth will rankle to the death/ have not to do with him, beware of him ” more to heart rather than dismissing it so quickly. Richard promised to pay me very well for supporting him. I thought he was a friend as well as a partner. He seemed to confide his plans with me, though I did not realize the whole of his scheme to his travels of kingdom. 
 I did play cards for my own greed and lent my word to Richard to help him convict a few people. I could not feel the blood on my hands for quite a while. This was politics, after all, and there must be blood for politics. If a king can not defend himself, he should not be king. Just as well, the survivor of this battle would get the crown because he is the strongest. I simply helped a friend fight his way to the crown. Clarence, Grey and Dorset were simply men in the battle who knew the risk of politics. 
 When the people would not cheer for Richard at Baynard ( excluding the handful of people paid to cheer ) it should have been an eye opener. What an awkward time that was! I was spreading rumors like wildfire and still the crowd looked unenthused and dry. That plan may not have worked, but we had another up our sleeve. 
 If people would not cheer for him taking the crown, he would act like he did not want the crown and would claim it was unfitting for him to be king. Reverse psychology is often a good way to sway the minds of simple folk. It was a bit of a surprise that the plan had worked out so well for Richard, even more surprising to me that he would not uphold his end of the bargain. I was promised Hereford and every time I tried to bring it up, he would change the subject. 
 Richard wanted me to consent to the killing of Wales and York, but I found myself simply unable to perform such a task. Admittedly, I may have been a tad more willing to do it if I got what Richard had promised me. It was at the time of the order of the killings I realized the errors of my ways. Had I known the scam Richard was pulling, I never would have done a single favor for him. 
 As hatred boiled in my soul, I decided to side with Richmond and attempt to bring down Richard. Unfortunately, I have never been much of a leader and lost track of my crew and ended up captured. My life was damned anyways, and would not exist much longer. 
 I have traveled many twisted paths that have led me to this “ block of shame ”. I tried to right my wrongs, but some things can never be turned right. Richard is cunning and subtle, the most dangerous combination that I have been held prisoner. It is better to die a man who tried to fix things than a man who caused nothing but destruction. 

