Irona 700
“Udice made Irona 700 a hero in the eyes of the younger Chosen and the people, but the establishment subtly closed ranks against any more wild adventures. Children simply could not be trusted with authority—given her head, she had callously chopped off more than two hundred heads. For the next few years Irona was loaded up with well-paying but routine offices: Fish Markets, Education, Harbors, Night Watch, Property Commission, Morality, and so on. She always did her best and never complained.
... Time was on her side. Dostily 631’s tide ebbed at last and he was succeeded as First by Knipry 640. More and more younger faces were gathering around Irona at meetings of the Seventy and, although she was careful to continue deferring to Ledacos 692 as her patron, she could deliver almost as many votes as he could without her. She played the game, never making enemies, always collecting IOUs against the future. In 707, she won a hotly contested seat on the Treaty Board and spent the entire summer inspecting allied ports on the mainland.MoreLess
... Time was on her side. Dostily 631’s tide ebbed at last and he was succeeded as First by Knipry 640. More and more younger faces were gathering around Irona at meetings of the Seventy and, although she was careful to continue deferring to Ledacos 692 as her patron, she could deliver almost as many votes as he could without her. She played the game, never making enemies, always collecting IOUs against the future. In 707, she won a hotly contested seat on the Treaty Board and spent the entire summer inspecting allied ports on the mainland.MoreLess
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