The Fugitive Prince (Bell Mountain)
“There were two thousand militia now in Obann, but these were new recruits who’d not yet been tested in battle. All in all, there were nowhere near enough troops to defend so great a city; but no one expected there would be a need to defend it—not from any enemy on the outside.
On the evening of the same day that the chiefs departed, a group of prominent citizens invited themselves to the palace and politely demanded an audience with the queen and General Hennen.
“We are concerned for the we...lfare of our city and for the welfare of our good King Ryons, too,” said their spokesman, a rich wool merchant named Merffin Mord. “Every king, especially a king of such tender years as Ryons, must have a council to advise him and show him what ought to be done. Not a council of Heathen warlords—some of them never saw a city before they came here!—but a true council of Obann’s loyal citizens. I have been chosen by the people of Obann—”
Here he was interrupted by a series of rude noises coming from just outside the doorway of the audience chamber.MoreLess
On the evening of the same day that the chiefs departed, a group of prominent citizens invited themselves to the palace and politely demanded an audience with the queen and General Hennen.
“We are concerned for the we...lfare of our city and for the welfare of our good King Ryons, too,” said their spokesman, a rich wool merchant named Merffin Mord. “Every king, especially a king of such tender years as Ryons, must have a council to advise him and show him what ought to be done. Not a council of Heathen warlords—some of them never saw a city before they came here!—but a true council of Obann’s loyal citizens. I have been chosen by the people of Obann—”
Here he was interrupted by a series of rude noises coming from just outside the doorway of the audience chamber.MoreLess
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