Wisdom's Kiss
“LOVERS PART! VILLAINY, UNMASKED, REVEALS ITS FOUL VISAGE!
In Other Words: ALL IS LOST!
The Imperial Encyclopedia of Lax 8TH EDITIONPrinted in the Capital City of Rigorus by Hazelnut & Filbert, Publishers to the Crown WILHELMINA THE ILL-TEMPERED (CONTINUED) That Wilhelmina considered the marriage of Roger to Wisdom of paramount importance may be seen in the concession she secretly granted the emperor: the elimination of Farina's tolls on imperial mail riders. (That she preserved the tolls ...for all other traffic illustrates her negotiating prowess.) The coupling of the duchy to Montagne constituted the cornerstone of her grand plan to elevate Farina to regal status, that her family might then make claim to the imperial throne. Nor was Rüdiger IV—an elderly campaigner by this juncture, and perhaps too concerned with Circus Primus—in any position to confront Wilhelmina's ambition. Farina's contributions to the imperial purse could not easily be disregarded, and the duchy controlled the very crossroads of the empire.MoreLess
In Other Words: ALL IS LOST!
The Imperial Encyclopedia of Lax 8TH EDITIONPrinted in the Capital City of Rigorus by Hazelnut & Filbert, Publishers to the Crown WILHELMINA THE ILL-TEMPERED (CONTINUED) That Wilhelmina considered the marriage of Roger to Wisdom of paramount importance may be seen in the concession she secretly granted the emperor: the elimination of Farina's tolls on imperial mail riders. (That she preserved the tolls ...for all other traffic illustrates her negotiating prowess.) The coupling of the duchy to Montagne constituted the cornerstone of her grand plan to elevate Farina to regal status, that her family might then make claim to the imperial throne. Nor was Rüdiger IV—an elderly campaigner by this juncture, and perhaps too concerned with Circus Primus—in any position to confront Wilhelmina's ambition. Farina's contributions to the imperial purse could not easily be disregarded, and the duchy controlled the very crossroads of the empire.MoreLess
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