Over the next three hours a host more petitioners appeared before the emperor. Some requests where simple, asking the emperor for his support for a journey of exploration or to help a community fallen on hardship. Others where more complicated requests to the emperor, asking him to render judgement on cases local authorities had been stumped by.

Matter relating to defense of the empire and protection of its people where handled by the red-haired woman, often with minimal input from the emperor or his advisors. other matters where seemingly discussed in detail on the Dias, but the emperor never presented the judgement himself, leaving that up to his cadre of advisors. In fact, but the time dusk was starting to fall on the crowd of petitioners started to slowly diminish, Shandara realized she'd never once heard the voice of the elderly emperor during the proceedings.