Jelha De's Seventeenth Birthday party and peace party.

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As you enter Jagalata, you are thoroughly searched by gruff looking Larimp volunteers.
“Oi! I be a welcoming party sent by the Visionary.” The head of the volunteers yells at your approach. “I be needin’ to search ye for anythin’ not permitted for eemmigrants and veesotairs.”
At this, five larimps per visitor come rushing out to search the visitors. Upon looking around, visitors might see that at least two thousand Larimp soldiers stand around the general area of the confined tunnel, crowding the area. If the visitor is not permitted into the country, and they know it, now might be a good time for them to turn around and leave, as the soldiers will likely be there for a while.

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In order to not God-Mod, I will stop this post here and wait for invitees to arrive. Please list what the searchers find on your person and what they are carrying, along with who is also there with them and what they are carrying too. Remember that the searchers will even look under clothing in order to assure that their Visionary is not harmed in any way. Please note if an item is a gift for Jelha De.

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Queen Paige herself has ventured out to visit the poor kingdom of idiots. They know what they've done and she knows what she wants to say to them. A party of armed guards escorts Paige and her Lieutenants Harry, Darry, Perry, Larry and Tom called the Wary for his cautious nature. As the volunteers rush up suddenly to search the party the soldiers form a circle of spears preparing to ward off attack from all directions.

Queen Paige curses and shouts, "Slaves! Take us to your 'Prophet' if you hold anything dear! Make so much as a move to attack and all that you care for will be burned by the purifying flames of the Onyx dragon!"

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As this occurs three hooded Furfolk watch from the shadows...

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Queen Paige herself has ventured out to visit the poor kingdom of idiots. They know what they've done and she knows what she wants to say to them. A party of armed guards escorts Paige and her Lieutenants Harry, Darry, Perry, Larry and Tom called the Wary for his cautious nature. As the volunteers rush up suddenly to search the party the soldiers form a circle of spears preparing to ward off attack from all directions.

Queen Paige curses and shouts, "Slaves! Take us to your 'Prophet' if you hold anything dear! Make so much as a move to attack and all that you care for will be burned by the purifying flames of the Onyx dragon!"

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As this occurs three hooded Furfolk watch from the shadows...

"Oh um. Sorry miss. We be welcoming you, but your guards can't come sorry." The chief says. "Do not be worryin' miss, we be takin' good care of ye. Anurakasana here will escowrt ye to ye desteenator. Good luck with ye trip miss." The lead volunteer gestures to a short Larimp, with especially long ears, who begins leading the way for Paige and her followers.

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"Oh um. Sorry miss. We be welcoming you, but your guards can't come sorry." The chief says. "Do not be worryin' miss, we be takin' good care of ye. Anurakasana here will escowrt ye to ye desteenator. Good luck with ye trip miss." The lead volunteer gestures to a short Larimp, with especially long ears, who begins leading the way for Paige and her followers.

Queen Paige mutters something and then says, "No, my guards can come. Your race is not known for it's peaceful nature."
It was Tom who interrupted her, "They have sworn themselves to peace at this event m'lady, perhaps it would be wise to do as they say?"
Queen Paige curses under her breath again before shouting, "Fine! Tom and I will continue on while our guards stay here. A single action against me will result in war and death for your people."

She marches ahead with tom at her side...

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The hooded trio whispers among themselves and disappears from the doorway...

[Kythia]

The Firn exploration team had encountered life that claimed to be sentient, there was some discussion about whether that claim could be made untruthfully and, eventually, it had been decided to give these people the benefit of the doubt. The "Larimp" they called themselves, which presumably translated to "ugly" in their own language. Or possibly "disgusting". Regardless, curiosity had won out over disgust and a servitor had been dispatched to some sort of primitive celebration. Probably involving the moon, or perhaps giving thanks for a bountiful harvest? Some sort of celebration suited to blobs, certainly.

The servitor was a six foot statue of ice, animated by simple magics. It carried a silvery circle through which Coordinator Sevinc could observe proceedings and communicate: the servitor itself had no capacity for speech. As it entered each room or met each new individual it held the circle up and did a slow "scan" of them so it's distant master could see what was happening. It did this, now, with the guard captain and there was a long pause before a voice emerged from the circle.

We are a welcoming party. Not I be. Even if I were correct it would be I am, not I be. Then needing not needin' - there is a consonant cluster of a voiced velar plosive and a velar nasal at the end which you have partially omitted. In fact, there are numerous problems with your speech and highlighting them all may well not be a productive use of our time, so we shall skip that stage. I am not clear what eemmigrants are - my best guess is a mispronunciation of immigrants - but please feel free to perform such searches as you need to.

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The Firn exploration team had encountered life that claimed to be sentient, there was some discussion about whether that claim could be made untruthfully and, eventually, it had been decided to give these people the benefit of the doubt. The "Larimp" they called themselves, which presumably translated to "ugly" in their own language. Or possibly "disgusting". Regardless, curiosity had won out over disgust and a servitor had been dispatched to some sort of primitive celebration. Probably involving the moon, or perhaps giving thanks for a bountiful harvest? Some sort of celebration suited to blobs, certainly.

The servitor was a six foot statue of ice, animated by simple magics. It carried a silvery circle through which Coordinator Sevinc could observe proceedings and communicate: the servitor itself had no capacity for speech. As it entered each room or met each new individual it held the circle up and did a slow "scan" of them so it's distant master could see what was happening. It did this, now, with the guard captain and there was a long pause before a voice emerged from the circle.

We are a welcoming party. Not I be. Even if I were correct it would be I am, not I be. Then needing not needin' - there is a consonant cluster of a voiced velar plosive and a velar nasal at the end which you have partially omitted. In fact, there are numerous problems with your speech and highlighting them all may well not be a productive use of our time, so we shall skip that stage. I am not clear what eemmigrants are - my best guess is a mispronunciation of immigrants - but please feel free to perform such searches as you need to.

"Erm. Ok. We be sendinge ye on ye ways with the guidance of Di Agavai here." He gestures to a Larimp all of four feet tall, with an exceptionally large nose, who begins guiding the statue past the guards and down the tunnel to their destination, although this is a different tunnel from the one that Anurakasana led Paige down.

[Zayuz]

Queen Yildiz vel Enas was one of few peoples of power within Transfirlia, and such was for a reason well deserved. She was ruthless, manipulative, and careful. The woman had raven black hair and piercing blue eyes accompanied by pale, ghostly skin. Though she was actually around her mid thirties the woman gave the appearance of someone in their youthful twenties, eyes always searching and only finally eventually settling on the guard nearest to the from of her Vassal's event.. It was to her major relief that she had not attended their last event, which resulted in the host as well as all attendees being taken out by Praetorian forces.. Gods, how had they even gotten that far? Recently her neighbor had been more trouble for them than they had ever been before, and she was not taking it altogether very well.

Especially not with the most recent drama involving the entire Praetorian army at her borders. Just what had she actually gotten into with this Onyx thing?

Casting her extra guards away with the wave of her hand, Yildiz arrived by the entrance and gave the guard a small nod. They knew to respect their liege. "Greetings Guard. I know the customs - Only a couple guards per guest. So long as there is an adequate supply of chocolate you'll have no trouble from me." A smug smile appears on her face as she slips by with her two muscular guards that said nothing of their own. They were thugs, not fit for the higher atmosphere of royalty.. And as such they were restricted from speaking lest they embarrass their queen. She approached the newly elected Larimp royal and made a long blink in acknowledgement of their contact. "Jelha, i presume? I am Yidiz, your liege. Thank you for inviting me to your event.. I can see that much work went into preparing it." Her gaze shifts around the hall, looking over everything and nodding in approval. "I would like to wish you the happiest of birthdays, and request the humble favor of making sure that if you do engage in more hostile worldly politics that.. Hm.. How shall I put this? Make sure that they are not easy to track, especially from Praetoria. You would know that their men have been sent to our borders, and if any more provocation is had they'd likely declare a full conquest. The forces sent by Jagalata in secret managed to play a large role in the battle, and for this reason I have elected to grant you a reward of land for your birthday - The land beneath the territory 180. May your reign over it be both prosperous and long."

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Spoiler: Kythia

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"Erm. Ok. We be sendinge ye on ye ways with the guidance of Di Agavai here." He gestures to a Larimp all of four feet tall, with an exceptionally large nose, who begins guiding the statue past the guards and down the tunnel to their destination, although this is a different tunnel from the one that Anurakasana led Paige down.

Di Agavi leads the statue down a complicated series of torch-lit tunnels, occasionally having to stop and help the clunky ice statue with certain steps that he, himself had trouble with. All the while, He was muttering what sounded like, "How do I make a carrier for that thing", or "I hope it don't melt, because that wouldn't be good for us." Eventually, he lamp-lit reached a room with a squad of Julian Guards, equipped with Repeating crossbows and pikes. One of them, dressed in a suit of armor that was far more elegant that the other six, stepped forwards. "I am the head of this squad of the Julian Guard. I request that you give us your glass sphere that you seem to be able to communicate with, so that we can bring it to Jelha De, as you will likely melt in the hot Samudran Waters on our way to him. We will fashion a back pack sort of contraption, so that the sphere can still be brought with us, and we will still have our arms free."

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Queen Paige mutters something and then says, "No, my guards can come. Your race is not known for it's peaceful nature."
It was Tom who interrupted her, "They have sworn themselves to peace at this event m'lady, perhaps it would be wise to do as they say?"
Queen Paige curses under her breath again before shouting, "Fine! Tom and I will continue on while our guards stay here. A single action against me will result in war and death for your people."

She marches ahead with tom at her side...

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The hooded trio whispers among themselves and disappears from the doorway...

Anurakasana leads the two of them through many complicated torch-lit tunnels. Sometimes winding up and down for hundreds of meters, sometimes heading in a straight line for kilometers, only to find that they needed to turn and go another kilometer in a different direction. Every time that Anurakasana made another turn, he said to Paige and Tom "Sorry m'lady and m'lord, Protocol", before he would keep going. Eventually, after many hours of walking, The group came across a small candle-lit room, where a squad of Julian guard was lining the wall. One guard, that seemed more important than all the others stepped forward saying, "I am Bihatara, a Julian guard. I kindly request that we search all of your baggage, so that we can be certain that you do not have anything that might harm the Visionary." At this, the entire squad took a step forward, and continued to wait for the command from Bihatara. Meanwhile, Bihatara stands with his arms open, waiting for Paige and Tom to hand over their baggage.

Spoiler: Zayuz

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Queen Yildiz vel Enas was one of few peoples of power within Transfirlia, and such was for a reason well deserved. She was ruthless, manipulative, and careful. The woman had raven black hair and piercing blue eyes accompanied by pale, ghostly skin. Though she was actually around her mid thirties the woman gave the appearance of someone in their youthful twenties, eyes always searching and only finally eventually settling on the guard nearest to the from of her Vassal's event.. It was to her major relief that she had not attended their last event, which resulted in the host as well as all attendees being taken out by Praetorian forces.. Gods, how had they even gotten that far? Recently her neighbor had been more trouble for them than they had ever been before, and she was not taking it altogether very well.

Especially not with the most recent drama involving the entire Praetorian army at her borders. Just what had she actually gotten into with this Onyx thing?

Casting her extra guards away with the wave of her hand, Yildiz arrived by the entrance and gave the guard a small nod. They knew to respect their liege. "Greetings Guard. I know the customs - Only a couple guards per guest. So long as there is an adequate supply of chocolate you'll have no trouble from me." A smug smile appears on her face as she slips by with her two muscular guards that said nothing of their own. They were thugs, not fit for the higher atmosphere of royalty.. And as such they were restricted from speaking lest they embarrass their queen.

Watching the Queen stride past him, the head volunteer called out "Follow Sipahi, the guard! 'e will show ye where to go!" Sipahi, an especially short guard, jumped out in front of the Queen and said "I will be show you where to go miss," and Sipahi began leading the Queen down the same tunnel that Paige went through, but they took a different turn later on.
Out of the three guests so far, Sipahi brought them on the most direct route to their destination, but it was still complex. Throughout the entire journey, Sipahi would point out various beautiful sights to see, including large veins of Onyx and hand carved statues of stone, gold and Onyx, and various shops selling local goods. Eventually, the group was waiting on the sea shore of Samudra, dipping their toes in the warm water to heal their toes, waiting for the other two parties to arrive.

[woolli264]

After about the third turn Paige had exploded shouting "I care not for your stupid protocol, do not apologize for doing your job or I assure you you will be quite sorry indeed!"

When they arrived at the place where the guards were waiting and Bihatara gave his little blurb Tom whispered to Paige whose face slowly split into a grin she stepped up to the guard and stuck her eyepatched face right in his own before responding, "We carry no baggage and though we each carry a black bladed dagger as a symbol of our faith neither of us would need it to murder your 'prophet.' I recommend you let us in now before we make it a priority to do so!"

Then, without warning, Toms ears perked up and he drew his dagger and started to speak before the torches in the hall were extinguished. There were scuffling noises and a loud shout of, "Go on, Complete the mission!" After the lights were reignited Paige and Tom stood over a furfolk man in his forties who lay on his back in a pool of blood. He was dead and covered in bruises and had a dent in his forehead.

"Now," said Paige, "Take us to your leader slave!"

[Kythia]

As distant sounds of a scuffle echoed through the caverns the servitor paused in the act of handing over the sphere and turned in the direction they had just come, holding the sphere up above its head to let it see for a moment before turning back.

I assure you, if this is a trap or ambush of some description then you have wasted a great deal of your time comes the voice from the sphere. I have no interest whatsoever in this servitor's continued existence and from what I have seen of your people capturing this communication device would not enable you to do any harm to me. If however that was merely high spirits or friendly competition I heard then I apologise for any offence my, entirely reasonable, inference may have caused.

The creature hands over the sphere then stands motionless.

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After about the third turn Paige had exploded shouting "I care not for your stupid protocol, do not apologize for doing your job or I assure you you will be quite sorry indeed!"

When they arrived at the place where the guards were waiting and Bihatara gave his little blurb Tom whispered to Paige whose face slowly split into a grin she stepped up to the guard and stuck her eyepatched face right in his own before responding, "We carry no baggage and though we each carry a black bladed dagger as a symbol of our faith neither of us would need it to murder your 'prophet.' I recommend you let us in now before we make it a priority to do so!"

Then, without warning, Toms ears perked up and he drew his dagger and started to speak before the torches in the hall were extinguished. There were scuffling noises and a loud shout of, "Go on, Complete the mission!" After the lights were reignited Paige and Tom stood over a furfolk man in his forties who lay on his back in a pool of blood. He was dead and covered in bruises and had a dent in his forehead.

"Now," said Paige, "Take us to your leader slave!"

"He is not a prophet, simply a visionary. I will bring you to our destination now, and I trust that you will not kill our Visionary." All of the guards in the room backed up to the wall. Then, Bihatara led Paige and Tom through a door opposite to the one that they came into this room through. They had come onto a cliff side, with steep ramps leading down to the shores of the Samudran Sea. The party marched down the ramps together and stopped on the shore, so that the furfolk could warm their feet in the hot waters of the Samudran Sea, after the long walk that they had just endured. The cliffside of the sea was lit very well with oil lamps, but as soon as you reached the water, everything was dark, aside from the dim handheld torchlight from the guides and the candlelight from the freshly caught Jinga shops, and torches attached to the pumice boats for tourists, explorers and, in this case, soon to be Foreign world leaders. Bihatara led the group to where the other party was already waiting, and stood next to the other Julian Guard Captain, watching over their guests and searching for potential threats along the shoreline. Upon examination, one might notice that there is a guard outside of each house along the shoreline, in order to ensure the safety of the respected guests.

As distant sounds of a scuffle echoed through the caverns the servitor paused in the act of handing over the sphere and turned in the direction they had just come, holding the sphere up above its head to let it see for a moment before turning back.

I assure you, if this is a trap or ambush of some description then you have wasted a great deal of your time comes the voice from the sphere. I have no interest whatsoever in this servitor's continued existence and from what I have seen of your people capturing this communication device would not enable you to do any harm to me. If however that was merely high spirits or friendly competition I heard then I apologise for any offence my, entirely reasonable, inference may have caused.

The creature hands over the sphere then stands motionless.

"We do not intend to injure you, or kill you. All that we intend to do, is bring you to the celebration, which involves actions that would melt the servitor, so therefore, we ask that you permit us to place you into this bag and keep carrying you further, to the shores of Samudra."

[woolli264]

"If the visions are of a religious nature then he is indeed a prophet." Paige was still baffled at the pure idiocy common in the Larimp race. "And more importantly where is he? I came here to speak with your leader and do not care for wetting my feet or riding in boats of stone or, or indulging in foreign foods! All I seek is the prophet, I thought this was clear but I will say it one more time, TAKE. ME. TO. THE. PROPHET!"

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Soon afterwards, the head of the guard that was taking in the representative from the Firn ran down the ramps, down to the seashore, carrying a bag on his back, containing the sphere. The way that the leather bag was designed, the sphere, or at least, whoever is on the other end of the sphere, could still see what was happening, but the guard could still have his arms free.
All three guards pulled out whistles from their own respective belt pouches and simultaneously blew them, to a certain, complicated rhythm and soon, three large pumice rafts floated towards the party. The guards helped the representatives up onto the rafts and pushed them away from the shore.
The rafts move at different speeds based on currents, push strength, paddle strength, guide skill, general visibility et cetera. (OOC: Whenever you post, you arrive earlier) Eventually, as the boats begin filling with water, they arrive at the far cliff, this time with no shore. The guards all say, "Follow me", and dive into the water, grinning their bio-luminescent teeth in order to shine a guiding light for all of the representatives to be able to see. They do not go very deep, so that they can hold out their hand to guide any representatives who need help seeing under water.

[woolli264]

Soon afterwards, the head of the guard that was taking in the representative from the Firn ran down the ramps, down to the seashore, carrying a bag on his back, containing the sphere. The way that the leather bag was designed, the sphere, or at least, whoever is on the other end of the sphere, could still see what was happening, but the guard could still have his arms free.
All three guards pulled out whistles from their own respective belt pouches and simultaneously blew them, to a certain, complicated rhythm and soon, three large pumice rafts floated towards the party. The guards helped the representatives up onto the rafts and pushed them away from the shore.
The rafts move at different speeds based on currents, push strength, paddle strength, guide skill, general visibility et cetera. (OOC: Whenever you post, you arrive earlier) Eventually, as the boats begin filling with water, they arrive at the far cliff, this time with no shore. The guards all say, "Follow me", and dive into the water, grinning their bio-luminescent teeth in order to shine a guiding light for all of the representatives to be able to see. They do not go very deep, so that they can hold out their hand to guide any representatives who need help seeing under water.

At the prospect of jumping into the water Paige gave an audible hiss of frustration. Thinking very homicidal thoughts she opened her mouth to speak but Tom was prepared for what was coming and interrupted, "You had better not be telling me that you dragged us all this way to drown us? Neither of us has learned to swim and neither of us would like to today. Please return us to shore and if you have it offer my liege something to kill so that it won't be you."

[DimpleLoamsdown]

At the prospect of jumping into the water Paige gave an audible hiss of frustration. Thinking very homicidal thoughts she opened her mouth to speak but Tom was prepared for what was coming and interrupted, "You had better not be telling me that you dragged us all this way to drown us? Neither of us has learned to swim and neither of us would like to today. Please return us to shore and if you have it offer my liege something to kill so that it won't be you."

"I might be able to get Jelha De and bring him out here to you." At this, he sunk under the water and disappeared

Soon afterwards, a loud trumpet like a dragon's roar echoed throughout the cavern. The mist above the sea turned pitch black and started moving quickly. Seconds later, the lights on the boats extinguished themselves and the riders of the boats felt wind on the back of their necks, as the workers on the Samudran shore pulled the boats back in, using ropes. The roar echoed throughout the massive chamber as several squads of Julian Guards begun lining the beach, ready to receive the guests and help them to another meeting chamber, connected to the shoreline of the Sea. Five guards stood inside the long room with a rectangular table, running perpendicular to the entrance-side wall. Another six more guards lined the wall outside of the chamber and three squads of Julian guards patrolled the sea-line. The guard who was carrying the sphere ran off to the room where they had left the ice statue and led it back to the meeting chamber, with the sphere replaced in it's arms. Guards directed the guests to their appropriate seats. A throne was set out for each of the invited guests and their followers. At the end of the table nearest to the door, or the head of the table, a large throne was set for Queen Yildiz, and at the opposite end of the table, facing the door, was a smaller throne for Jelha De. In the corner of the room, a popular Larimp music group played traditional Jagalatan music, but only on the drum and guitar-like instruments. five minutes after the guests' arrival in the room, servants darted into the room and set the table, bringing out a first course for all of the guests to eat. The first course consisted of Jinga, a delicious meal commonly served in Samudra.
After the first course was finished, the servants reentered the room, cleaned it and left. Before they returned with the second course, Jelha De entered the room. Standing seven feet tall, with pitch black eyes, Jelha De slowly marched towards his seat. Although he had his own circlet placed carefully on his head, the long-eared, short nosed Larimp wore a dark peasant's robe, commonly worn during times of mourning. The robe flew behind him, as though he was walking against a light breeze, even though the room had very little air circulation and the muscular Larimp was walking slowly. As he placed himself onto his throne, he removed from his neck, a horn made of Onyx. The horn was shaped like a Dragon and clearly had decent importance. As the horn hit the table, the candles in the room dimmed briefly, and then went back to full brightness again.
Jelha De looked around the room, saying, "Vell, ve 'ave slightly less turnout than expected," giving a slight frown, but with a broad grin upon his face, he continued, "I em glad to see zat all of you 'ave made it, those of you from afar," gesturing to the representatives from the ruby legion, "those of you zat I 'ave never met before," gesturing to the Firn representative, "and those of you who I 'ave been vishing and vishing to meet someday." finally gesturing to Queen Yildiz. "Velcome to Jagalata, and now, Samudra."

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"I might be able to get Jelha De and bring him out here to you." At this, he sunk under the water and disappeared

Soon afterwards, a loud trumpet like a dragon's roar echoed throughout the cavern. The mist above the sea turned pitch black and started moving quickly. Seconds later, the lights on the boats extinguished themselves and the riders of the boats felt wind on the back of their necks, as the workers on the Samudran shore pulled the boats back in, using ropes. The roar echoed throughout the massive chamber as several squads of Julian Guards begun lining the beach, ready to receive the guests and help them to another meeting chamber, connected to the shoreline of the Sea. Five guards stood inside the long room with a rectangular table, running perpendicular to the entrance-side wall. Another six more guards lined the wall outside of the chamber and three squads of Julian guards patrolled the sea-line. The guard who was carrying the sphere ran off to the room where they had left the ice statue and led it back to the meeting chamber, with the sphere replaced in it's arms. Guards directed the guests to their appropriate seats. A throne was set out for each of the invited guests and their followers. At the end of the table nearest to the door, or the head of the table, a large throne was set for Queen Yildiz, and at the opposite end of the table, facing the door, was a smaller throne for Jelha De. In the corner of the room, a popular Larimp music group played traditional Jagalatan music, but only on the drum and guitar-like instruments. five minutes after the guests' arrival in the room, servants darted into the room and set the table, bringing out a first course for all of the guests to eat. The first course consisted of Jinga, a delicious meal commonly served in Samudra.
After the first course was finished, the servants reentered the room, cleaned it and left. Before they returned with the second course, Jelha De entered the room. Standing seven feet tall, with pitch black eyes, Jelha De slowly marched towards his seat. Although he had his own circlet placed carefully on his head, the long-eared, short nosed Larimp wore a dark peasant's robe, commonly worn during times of mourning. The robe flew behind him, as though he was walking against a light breeze, even though the room had very little air circulation and the muscular Larimp was walking slowly. As he placed himself onto his throne, he removed from his neck, a horn made of Onyx. The horn was shaped like a Dragon and clearly had decent importance. As the horn hit the table, the candles in the room dimmed briefly, and then went back to full brightness again.
Jelha De looked around the room, saying, "Vell, ve 'ave slightly less turnout than expected," giving a slight frown, but with a broad grin upon his face, he continued, "I em glad to see zat all of you 'ave made it, those of you from afar," gesturing to the representatives from the ruby legion, "those of you zat I 'ave never met before," gesturing to the Firn representative, "and those of you who I 'ave been vishing and vishing to meet someday." finally gesturing to Queen Yildiz. "Velcome to Jagalata, and now, Samudra."

Paige glared at the seven foot tall abomination throughout his entire entrance and greeting as silence filled the room she leaped to her feet and shouted, "Why'd you make us come all the way out here!?" This was followed by Tom looking around nervously and standing up beside her to say, "W-What my Queen means to say is that this is an awfully secure location for a peaceful meeting. I do also find it quite confusing and honestly concerning that in an event where no party is allowed to bring weapons or guards you yourself, hardly a neutral party I might add, have an army ready at the snap of your fingers."

[DimpleLoamsdown]

Paige glared at the seven foot tall abomination throughout his entire entrance and greeting as silence filled the room she leaped to her feet and shouted, "Why'd you make us come all the way out here!?" This was followed by Tom looking around nervously and standing up beside her to say, "W-What my Queen means to say is that this is an awfully secure location for a peaceful meeting. I do also find it quite confusing and honestly concerning that in an event where no party is allowed to bring weapons or guards you yourself, hardly a neutral party I might add, have an army ready at the snap of your fingers."

"Zey are just 'ere for in case assassin vere to come. I vill give to each of your countries, unit of my soldiers for you to use during time of var, seeing as there are no members of current enemy of Crystal Union or Princess Katrola III and Queen Yildiz present. I 'ad 'oped to make peace between currently warring states, but only one side of war 'as come." Jelha De snapped his fingers and the guards marched out and based on the quieting footsteps heard from outside, all of the guards had left. "Vell, I am sorry zat you 'ad to deal vith Samudran Sea. It vas not my idea to 'ost party in Samudran sea, but seeing as I am at least 'alf age of most of my advisers, I just 'ad to listen. For zis reason, much of vhat I do on global scale vill be based on requests from my advisers, as opposed to being based on my visions. A product of my visions is zis horn, a Dracornu. It is believed zat vhen blown, horn summons power of Great Dragons. It vas my advisers' idea to send aid to Grand Church of Daen, and I agree zat it vill likely 'elp to improve our inter-political status, but it vas my idea to make amulets sent as peace symbols from large Onyx gems." From his robe, the lean Larimp pulled an Onyx gem amulet for each of the guests, and one for himself. The gems had been intricately designed with important religious symbols from each of the international world religions. Symbols include dragons, candles, a one-eyed raven, Celtic knots, et cetera. "I 'ope zat ve can all vear zese and attempt to create peace among peoples of Arandi." At this, Jelha De places his amulet around his neck, in hopes that the guests will do the same.

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"Zey are just 'ere for in case assassin vere to come. I vill give to each of your countries, unit of my soldiers for you to use during time of var, seeing as there are no members of current enemy of Crystal Union or Princess Katrola III and Queen Yildiz present. I 'ad 'oped to make peace between currently warring states, but only one side of war 'as come." Jelha De snapped his fingers and the guards marched out and based on the quieting footsteps heard from outside, all of the guards had left. "Vell, I am sorry zat you 'ad to deal vith Samudran Sea. It vas not my idea to 'ost party in Samudran sea, but seeing as I am at least 'alf age of most of my advisers, I just 'ad to listen. For zis reason, much of vhat I do on global scale vill be based on requests from my advisers, as opposed to being based on my visions. A product of my visions is zis horn, a Dracornu. It is believed zat vhen blown, horn summons power of Great Dragons. It vas my advisers' idea to send aid to Grand Church of Daen, and I agree zat it vill likely 'elp to improve our inter-political status, but it vas my idea to make amulets sent as peace symbols from large Onyx gems." From his robe, the lean Larimp pulled an Onyx gem amulet for each of the guests, and one for himself. The gems had been intricately designed with important religious symbols from each of the international world religions. Symbols include dragons, candles, a one-eyed raven, Celtic knots, et cetera. "I 'ope zat ve can all vear zese and attempt to create peace among peoples of Arandi." At this, Jelha De places his amulet around his neck, in hopes that the guests will do the same.

Queen Paige is a Furfolk and as such her face cannot visibly turn red with anger but by her body language and the low growling sound she had started to make she was clearly about to explode. Tom began to speak rapidly and frantically trying to calm her down in any way but this time he could do nothing to hold her back.
In one swift motion she drew her dagger and smashed the amulet in front of her. She then jumped onto the table and charged towards the end at which the idiot false prophet was sitting. She screamed with anger as she sprinted towards him but before she could reach the larimp her scream became one of pain and she collapsed off the table, an arrow sticking out of her leg.
In the entrance stood two figures wearing light grey cloaks. One was tall even for a human and when she cast back her hood the noble face of Lady Kisu was revealed she raised her bow and drew back another arrow without word. Tom of course was already at the side of his injured leader. Upon recognizing Kisu Paige shouted, "Traitor!" The other figure, clearly a Furfolk, was the one to respond. He too pushed back his hood to reveal a brown furred face, "It is you who has betrayed the true King," From within his robe he drew a shining silver axe beautifully forged by Primal moonsilver smiths it seemed to glow in the gloomy underground region, "My father, King Jackson the gentle and it is in his name as well as the names of the great leaders of our people, Lady Eleanor the stiff, King Alvin the Conqueror, Queen Eleanor the wise and Bishop Sillip of Lignummus that I, Leonard the rightful king, pronounce you an enemy of the Ruby Legion and the Order of the Eternal Soul and condemn you to death on this day!" Paige slowly stood pulling out the arrow and drawing her dagger. The wound was not a terrible one but it still hampered her movement and she would be limping long after. She drew her dagger and yelled, "I am the legion! I am the Order! I am the only Queen past, present and future! Now perish infidel!" and with that Kisu let loose her arrow. Paige stepped to the side and caught it, snapping it in one hand. "I see" said Kisu dropping her bow and drawing her sword she looked to young Leonard only a boy in his late teens and he nodded. As one they charged the black furred traitors with weapons drawn.

It was a brief but violent clash, bright silver against black steel. Although both parties were well trained in the Sasu arts their individual styles and weapons were vastly different. In a whir of motion Paige managed to disarm Kisu who responded with a swift kick to the chest sending Paige reeling into the table. Tom parried a Leonards swing, Paige regained her footing and the battle continued minor wounds were sustained by both parties but eventually the reigning Queen and her subordinate pushed the two back to the door. A brief second was had and Kisu and Leonard both knew what to do. They ran. Donning their hoods they disappeared into the distance as Paige could not keep up with her leg injury.

The two out of breath furfolk collapsed into their seats and Tom said, "You are a man of contradictions Jelha De and I suggest this peace council become one of war."

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Queen Paige is a Furfolk and as such her face cannot visibly turn red with anger but by her body language and the low growling sound she had started to make she was clearly about to explode. Tom began to speak rapidly and frantically trying to calm her down in any way but this time he could do nothing to hold her back.
In one swift motion she drew her dagger and smashed the amulet in front of her. She then jumped onto the table and charged towards the end at which the idiot false prophet was sitting. She screamed with anger as she sprinted towards him but before she could reach the larimp her scream became one of pain and she collapsed off the table, an arrow sticking out of her leg.
In the entrance stood two figures wearing light grey cloaks. One was tall even for a human and when she cast back her hood the noble face of Lady Kisu was revealed she raised her bow and drew back another arrow without word. Tom of course was already at the side of his injured leader. Upon recognizing Kisu Paige shouted, "Traitor!" The other figure, clearly a Furfolk, was the one to respond. He too pushed back his hood to reveal a brown furred face, "It is you who has betrayed the true King," From within his robe he drew a shining silver axe beautifully forged by Primal moonsilver smiths it seemed to glow in the gloomy underground region, "My father, King Jackson the gentle and it is in his name as well as the names of the great leaders of our people, Lady Eleanor the stiff, King Alvin the Conqueror, Queen Eleanor the wise and Bishop Sillip of Lignummus that I, Leonard the rightful king, pronounce you an enemy of the Ruby Legion and the Order of the Eternal Soul and condemn you to death on this day!" Paige slowly stood pulling out the arrow and drawing her dagger. The wound was not a terrible one but it still hampered her movement and she would be limping long after. She drew her dagger and yelled, "I am the legion! I am the Order! I am the only Queen past, present and future! Now perish infidel!" and with that Kisu let loose her arrow. Paige stepped to the side and caught it, snapping it in one hand. "I see" said Kisu dropping her bow and drawing her sword she looked to young Leonard only a boy in his late teens and he nodded. As one they charged the black furred traitors with weapons drawn.

It was a brief but violent clash, bright silver against black steel. Although both parties were well trained in the Sasu arts their individual styles and weapons were vastly different. In a whir of motion Paige managed to disarm Kisu who responded with a swift kick to the chest sending Paige reeling into the table. Tom parried a Leonards swing, Paige regained her footing and the battle continued minor wounds were sustained by both parties but eventually the reigning Queen and her subordinate pushed the two back to the door. A brief second was had and Kisu and Leonard both knew what to do. They ran. Donning their hoods they disappeared into the distance as Paige could not keep up with her leg injury.

The two out of breath furfolk collapsed into their seats and Tom said, "You are a man of contradictions Jelha De and I suggest this peace council become one of war."

Looking shocked at the display, but also impressed at the combatants skill, Jelha De said quietly, in an almost incomprehensibly thick accent, sometimes becoming clearer and sometimes becoming less clear, "Yes, yes. I do not believe zat var is correct option to all situationz. Maybe, zough, it might be good idea to see vhat ozer attendees 'ave to say, specifically my liege, great Queen Yildiz. I believe zat ve can get medic to 'eal your vound, and maybe gem-smith to repair amulet. I am strong believer in bloodlines though. Yes. Hmm. I will send some letters later. Maybe some letters zat are not to be approved by my advisers. I vill get a new set of advisers, zat believe in my capabilities. Yes. Well zis is certainly interesting. Yes."
Just then, the servants with the second course of food arrived. They were carrying large plates of goats meat, with goat-cheese and goat-milk in pitchers. As they circulated around the room providing the guests with food, Jelha De whispered to one of them, who handed their platter to another servant and darted out of the room. A few minutes later, as the other servants were exiting the room, he returned with another servant, trained in medicine. The medical servant approached Paige, offering to bandage her wound, while the first one collected the pieces of the shattered amulet off of the table.

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Looking shocked at the display, but also impressed at the combatants skill, Jelha De said quietly, in an almost incomprehensibly thick accent, sometimes becoming clearer and sometimes becoming less clear, "Yes, yes. I do not believe zat var is correct option to all situationz. Maybe, zough, it might be good idea to see vhat ozer attendees 'ave to say, specifically my liege, great Queen Yildiz. I believe zat ve can get medic to 'eal your vound, and maybe gem-smith to repair amulet. I am strong believer in bloodlines though. Yes. Hmm. I will send some letters later. Maybe some letters zat are not to be approved by my advisers. I vill get a new set of advisers, zat believe in my capabilities. Yes. Well zis is certainly interesting. Yes."
Just then, the servants with the second course of food arrived. They were carrying large plates of goats meat, with goat-cheese and goat-milk in pitchers. As they circulated around the room providing the guests with food, Jelha De whispered to one of them, who handed their platter to another servant and darted out of the room. A few minutes later, as the other servants were exiting the room, he returned with another servant, trained in medicine. The medical servant approached Paige, offering to bandage her wound, while the first one collected the pieces of the shattered amulet off of the table.

"The amulets are a contradiction of our faith. We do not seek to unite the worlds religions but to destroy them. If we were in Lignummus I would have you beheaded. I am more interested now in the queen of transfirlias opinion now than your own, slave." Paige was sick and tired of talk of peace and wanted now only to discuss the common enemy in the Aeldir.

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Queen Yidiz was actually quite content with the proceedings of the Jagalatan event. the boat ride managed to outline the natural beauty of the area, the removal of guards meant the foreign queen of the Crystal Union was unfortunately without her ability to murder everyone present. Though the method of the peace council was questionable, it seemed that so far things were of good intentions. The larimps had impressed her with this party, and it was much to her dismay when the ruby queen's efforts to spoil it bore fruit. Queen Yidiz graciously accepted her second plate of food that was presented to her after having cleaned of the first during their quarrel. She had said nothing since her arrival, but had been watching the event with a mixture of concern and amusement. Clearing her throat, the queen speaks.

"It seems we have uninvited guests.. And they have wounded one of the invited parties. If I am not mistaken Queen Paige has just threatened to murder sir Jelha if the same gift had been given in her homeland, and has done nothing but disrespect our generous host. This makes her unworthy of our efforts, and I deem the arrow in her leg as suitable punishment. No medical work is to be given until the dinner is over."

Yidiz spoke with a slight smirk to her lips. It was no secret that the Queen herself was fond of seeing other people suffer; Especially those who had the audacity to contradict her rule. She had already put on her gift - A choker around her neck made of Onyx and lace with several other smaller jewels dangling beneath it. "I think the gifts are quite generous, and serve to highlight that despite our differences that it is possible for us to exist simultaneously.. Or if you cannot accept that explanation, perhaps the jaded view in which we see the policies of others.. In your case Queen Paige, this view is through a lens of onyx that corrupts everything in sight. Surely you can appreciate such a symbolic gift, can you not?"

The woman turned to the host and her vassal, gesturing one of her two guards to step towards him. "I present to you, Jelha de, the gift from your liege for hosting this event, your birthday, and behaving as an excellent ally in the recent skirmish involving Praetoria. Your efforts as a ruler only just emerging and your tasteful peace event are appreciated and worthy of recognition." He was next handed a scroll of paper sealed in a red ribbon, after which the guard quickly retreated back to the side of his Queen. "Inside this scroll should contain the rights of rulership to region 180B, one I believe might have been under Jagalatan rule before our peoples first came into conflict. To show our appreciation for the thousands of lives saved in the battle I feel it is only right to return it to you so that the natives might get the attention they deserve from their new leader. ..And whatever council you have I recommend keeping. They have good taste in wines. ..On a more positive topic, who might this other party be? I do not recognize their representative." (Kythia)

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Queen Yidiz was actually quite content with the proceedings of the Jagalatan event. the boat ride managed to outline the natural beauty of the area, the removal of guards meant the foreign queen of the Crystal Union was unfortunately without her ability to murder everyone present. Though the method of the peace council was questionable, it seemed that so far things were of good intentions. The larimps had impressed her with this party, and it was much to her dismay when the ruby queen's efforts to spoil it bore fruit. Queen Yidiz graciously accepted her second plate of food that was presented to her after having cleaned of the first during their quarrel. She had said nothing since her arrival, but had been watching the event with a mixture of concern and amusement. Clearing her throat, the queen speaks.

"It seems we have uninvited guests.. And they have wounded one of the invited parties. If I am not mistaken Queen Paige has just threatened to murder sir Jelha if the same gift had been given in her homeland, and has done nothing but disrespect our generous host. This makes her unworthy of our efforts, and I deem the arrow in her leg as suitable punishment. No medical work is to be given until the dinner is over."

Yidiz spoke with a slight smirk to her lips. It was no secret that the Queen herself was fond of seeing other people suffer; Especially those who had the audacity to contradict her rule. She had already put on her gift - A choker around her neck made of Onyx and lace with several other smaller jewels dangling beneath it. "I think the gifts are quite generous, and serve to highlight that despite our differences that it is possible for us to exist simultaneously.. Or if you cannot accept that explanation, perhaps the jaded view in which we see the policies of others.. In your case Queen Paige, this view is through a lens of onyx that corrupts everything in sight. Surely you can appreciate such a symbolic gift, can you not?"

Queen Paige could not contain herself. She burst into laughter. The Larimps stupidity must have been rubbing off. "Yes I would indeed take the life of a heretical false prophet. I believe you forget your place my oh so noble queen. We are the ones who have run out of patience with you. You say you support the faith and yet you ally with it's enemies and have made no move to convert. Either way I appreciate none of the symbols depicted on these amulets. They are to represent peace and coexistence when it is death and violence that our lord the Onyx dragon seeks. I may pull different interpretations out of thin air but I would still be wearing a symbol of peace when war is my masters calling. I can accept and comprehend the purpose of the trinket I just think it is a contradiction, Like this event, like your word Yldiz, like the Jagalatan people, like all that the two of you represent. Perhaps next time I'll ask you to murder me and convert my lands to the Aeldir Old Gods. Then you may do as I truly wish. You have been given valuable technologies and taken no action on it. To say you owe us massively is an equally massive understatement. Lady Yldiz," and Queen Paige stood, "I will remember this day." and the two moved to leave.

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Queen Yidiz was actually quite content with the proceedings of the Jagalatan event. the boat ride managed to outline the natural beauty of the area, the removal of guards meant the foreign queen of the Crystal Union was unfortunately without her ability to murder everyone present. Though the method of the peace council was questionable, it seemed that so far things were of good intentions. The larimps had impressed her with this party, and it was much to her dismay when the ruby queen's efforts to spoil it bore fruit. Queen Yidiz graciously accepted her second plate of food that was presented to her after having cleaned of the first during their quarrel. She had said nothing since her arrival, but had been watching the event with a mixture of concern and amusement. Clearing her throat, the queen speaks.

"It seems we have uninvited guests.. And they have wounded one of the invited parties. If I am not mistaken Queen Paige has just threatened to murder sir Jelha if the same gift had been given in her homeland, and has done nothing but disrespect our generous host. This makes her unworthy of our efforts, and I deem the arrow in her leg as suitable punishment. No medical work is to be given until the dinner is over."

Not willing to disrespect the Queen, but still attempting to please the guests, the medical servant handed Paige some medical products, that could be used to heal her wounds, and backed away to the wall of the room.

Yidiz spoke with a slight smirk to her lips. It was no secret that the Queen herself was fond of seeing other people suffer; Especially those who had the audacity to contradict her rule. She had already put on her gift - A choker around her neck made of Onyx and lace with several other smaller jewels dangling beneath it. "I think the gifts are quite generous, and serve to highlight that despite our differences that it is possible for us to exist simultaneously.. Or if you cannot accept that explanation, perhaps the jaded view in which we see the policies of others.. In your case Queen Paige, this view is through a lens of onyx that corrupts everything in sight. Surely you can appreciate such a symbolic gift, can you not?"

Queen Paige could not contain herself. She burst into laughter. The Larimps stupidity must have been rubbing off. "Yes I would indeed take the life of a heretical false prophet. I believe you forget your place my oh so noble queen. We are the ones who have run out of patience with you. You say you support the faith and yet you ally with it's enemies and have made no move to convert. Either way I appreciate none of the symbols depicted on these amulets. They are to represent peace and coexistence when it is death and violence that our lord the Onyx dragon seeks. I may pull different interpretations out of thin air but I would still be wearing a symbol of peace when war is my masters calling. I can accept and comprehend the purpose of the trinket I just think it is a contradiction, Like this event, like your word Yldiz, like the Jagalatan people, like all that the two of you represent. Perhaps next time I'll ask you to murder me and convert my lands to the Aeldir Old Gods. Then you may do as I truly wish. You have been given valuable technologies and taken no action on it. To say you owe us massively is an equally massive understatement. Lady Yldiz," and Queen Paige stood, "I will remember this day."

Jelha De, in an attempt to calm the situation, said, “Zank you, great Queen Yildiz, for accepting my gift to you, but I believe that ve should remove our amulets, in order to please all guests. I vill order my servants to relieve all of you of your amulets, so zat I might give you another gift, someday in future. It is not likely zat I vill give it to you today, but I vill send one to your countries if you have left Jagalata by zat time.”

and the two moved to leave.

As the two made to leave the room, a large, and very ugly abomination appeared in the doorway. “Where do you think you are going exactly? My son invited you to his celebration, and I expect you to stay until the end.” Queen Thada was much thinner than she had been in the past, but she was also much wrinklier than ever. Her eyes had grown wiser, and she now walked with a small amount of support from a cane. She stood in the doorway, much shorter than she had been, during her time as a leader, with her free hand on her hips, and a present for Jelha De strapped to her belt, which tied a brand new dress to Queen Thada’s waist.

The woman turned to the host and her vassal, gesturing one of her two guards to step towards him. "I present to you, Jelha de, the gift from your liege for hosting this event, your birthday, and behaving as an excellent ally in the recent skirmish involving Praetoria. Your efforts as a ruler only just emerging and your tasteful peace event are appreciated and worthy of recognition." He was next handed a scroll of paper sealed in a red ribbon, after which the guard quickly retreated back to the side of his Queen. "Inside this scroll should contain the rights of rulership to region 180B, one I believe might have been under Jagalatan rule before our peoples first came into conflict. To show our appreciation for the thousands of lives saved in the battle I feel it is only right to return it to you so that the natives might get the attention they deserve from their new leader. ..And whatever council you have I recommend keeping. They have good taste in wines. ..On a more positive topic, who might this other party be? I do not recognize their representative." (Kythia)

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"Zank you very much, great Queen Yildiz", Jelha De starts, "I receive zis gift vith pride, and remembrance. Pride for ‘onour of ‘aving land zat my mother colonized returned to me, and remembrance for all of Larimp souls zat vere lost during foolish defence of Paridetana. Zank you, your highness, for your mercy upon the peoples of Paridetana. Vhen I vas younger, my sister treatened to ‘ave me trown into jail in Paridetana for my attempts at freedom of Larimp slaves,” and gesturing to a mark on the back of his head, “Katrola even gave me scar in form of prisoner marking, and it remains here to zis day, even zough prisonerz typically ‘ave painted markingz. Zank you so much.”

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Not willing to disrespect the Queen, but still attempting to please the guests, the medical servant handed Paige some medical products, that could be used to heal her wounds, and backed away to the wall of the room.





Jelha De, in an attempt to calm the situation, said, “Zank you, great Queen Yildiz, for accepting my gift to you, but I believe that ve should remove our amulets, in order to please all guests. I vill order my servants to relieve all of you of your amulets, so zat I might give you another gift, someday in future. It is not likely zat I vill give it to you today, but I vill send one to your countries if you have left Jagalata by zat time.”


As the two made to leave the room, a large, and very ugly abomination appeared in the doorway. “Where do you think you are going exactly? My son invited you to his celebration, and I expect you to stay until the end.” Queen Thada was much thinner than she had been in the past, but she was also much wrinklier than ever. Her eyes had grown wiser, and she now walked with a small amount of support from a cane. She stood in the doorway, much shorter than she had been, during her time as a leader, with her free hand on her hips, and a present for Jelha De strapped to her belt, which tied a brand new dress to Queen Thada’s waist.

"My My isn't it stuffy in here. Perhaps the two of us could go out to get some fresh air? We'll be back soon, do not worry" Tom said. He really wanted to avoid any killings of political figures today but he also had no intention of staying. The day had been hellish and the two needed to leave this gathering of hypocrites now.

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"My My isn't it stuffy in here. Perhaps the two of us could go out to get some fresh air? We'll be back soon, do not worry" Tom said. He really wanted to avoid any killings of political figures today but he also had no intention of staying. The day had been hellish and the two needed to leave this gathering of hypocrites now.

Frowning, Thada said "Fine, you may leave," and proceeding into the room, she stepped forward to Jelha De, and gave him his present. She handed him a small wooden box, that could fit into the palm of his hand. The box weighed very little, and made no noise when shaken. Upon opening the box, Jelha saw two rings, both heavily wrapped in silk cloth. The first was a smooth diamond ring that his father had worn during his life and the second was a bronze ring, fitted with a jagged onyx stone. "I got the onyx ring for you on my way here, and I am sure that your father would have wanted you to have his diamond wedding ring." After this, Queen Thada took her seat and began eating quietly, and politely.

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