The morning soon came and the group were reluctant to leave the comfy beds
of the Laughing Fox inn, but eventually some form of clothes shopping had
to be done before attending the palace.
The palace was a grand affair, if you overlook the mess that Miro made over
the banqueting table. The group were each commended by King Noleski Surtova and rewarded for their involvement of cleaning up the
greenbelt and then as a group were presented with a charter declaring them the official rulers
of a new kingdom, to be established in the greenbelt as they see fit. The only
clause was that they must seek funding and assistance to start the kingdom.
After the palace events the group were directed to the hall where they would meet
all the possible "partners" for their kingdom's development, though they would not be alone in this endeavour as there were two other groups who were also in the same position, having received charters for land to the east and the west the greenbelt. The first
visitor encountered was a familiar face as Aria glided through the door in a long flowing
gown with smile on her face. "My darlings! How lovely you all look in
those outfits - you seem almost at ease" as she greeted them whilst taking a seat, "So I made
sure I was first to see you and to find out if you have made a decision regarding my offer?”
Vaneer shifted uneasily on his feet before saying "Well it wasn't easy
as this is all new to us but...we've discussed it at length and we'd like to
accept to your offer".
"Excellent!" She exclaimed, "Trust me, you will not regret it.
Now go forth, talk to these bloaters and contact me here regarding those people you would like me to do some
digging up on." With that she got up from her chair and glided back out waving farewell to
the group.
Very shortly after Aria's departure another lady quickly stole into the room to talk to the new rulers, her name was Lady Jamandi Aldori and she was the representative of the swordlords - the group who had first persuaded Restov and then the country of Brevoy to send out enterprising groups to conquer and potentially colonise the 'stolen lands'. Being very upfront, Lady Jamandi informed them that the Swordlords would be providing a small amount of support upfront regardless of allegiances made here today, but they would be willing to give a greater amount of funding if the group stayed neutral and did not align with Brevoy's ruling house, Surtova!
The rest of the day dragged for the group; one person or group after another came and
went. Each person talked about why they should be allowed to help
build the new kingdom, what they could offer and the terms that they would have in providing said support. By the
end of the day it all started to sound the same to the fledgling lords.
The group then headed back to their Inn and over
supper talked through all the "bloaters" as Aria had accurately put it and what
they thought of each of the offers. Everyone at the table wanted to talk about
one offer in particular and that was House Surtova; the offer they had put
forward was tempting! Very tempting as it was by far and away the largest pledge of support and monetary offering that had be brought to them, but what they wanted in return... well that
was another story.
Vaneer turned to Miro, "Look I'm tired of dancing round this subject.
Miro, we know you are part of Surtova, some very small part... but would you have any issues if we turned
them down?"
Miro smiled "Nope, I hate the buggers anyway."
With that the atmosphere became relaxed and through the evening the group
picked the offers they liked and decided which groups they would have Aria look into
and those that the group themselves would try to do some digging on before
confirming each offer.
With those decisions made the group then settled down for another night in
the city.
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