Upon greetings exchanged it is reviled that the gentleman is
Lord Brezeki whom has been accompanied by both his daughters Margo and Elarna,
though Elarna was not present to greet them. Lord Brezeki had come to
Wyvernshore to ask Lord Otto if he would consider marrying either of his
daughters.
Some sniggers ran between a couple of the group members as
Otto had never been keen knowing that someday as part of their agreements he
would have to take a bride to ensure the kingdom flourished, eventually Vaneer
apologised and explained to Lord Brezeki that the group has only just
returned from dealing with an unlawful cult and have been travelling for days.
He described that the travel and battle has not left them in presentable condition
let alone smell and matters of marriage should not be discussed at the main
gate.
Lord Brezeki pondered a moment and agreed that the high
priest had a point and apologised for his eagerness. Natalia suggested that the
group should retire and wash up and that the conversation could be continued at
this evening’s meal.
A tired Otto eventually manages to get back to his chamber to
find a young lady resting in his chamber.
Shocked by Otto’s appearance and the women scampers off the bed and tries
to leave the chamber.
Otto steps in the way and blocks her asking her to explain
her presence, she explains that her name is Elarna and is the daughter of Lord Brezeki, she apologised for the intrusion it was only because she wanted
somewhere quiet to read and that there was a weirdo in the library so she
wandered about the castle and found this room.
Otto concerned about this “weirdo” seeks out Vaneer and asks
him to visit the library and see what is happening. The cleric eventually made
his way to the library and found another young lady sitting at a table thumbing
through some of the books on Kingdom building and development.
She saw the cleric walk in and suddenly sat upright, when
Vaneer queried as to her identity she introduced herself as Alayna Varnhold daughter
of Varn in the North and was here to talk to Lord Otto. Vaneer thought to
himself this should be interesting! He smiled at Alayna before inviting her and
her father Varn to the evening meal.
There were many items of conversation discussed at the meal,
both fathers tried to persuade Otto to take a liking to the daughters, Varn informed
the group that he wanted to stay for a month or two to learn and better
understand kingdom expansion.
During the meal one of the waiters serving food shouts “for
the family” and drops the plate he was carrying, drew a dagger and rushed to
stab Miro in the neck.
In a blinding flash the attacker’s neck appeared to be cut
and he dropped to the floor as Miro was re-sheathing his dagger. A moment of stunned and quizzical silence
falls over the table before the feasting continued. With questions rising about
what just happened, how and who the heck is in charge of security around here!
Throughout the evening Otto learned many things about his
possible “suitors” and at the end of the night asked the group to follow him to
discuss their opinions of their guests.
It was noted that Margo was brought up and instructed by her
mother, she enjoys meetings and has a head for politics, she believes in fairness
to all citizens or as Vaneer put it a political machine.
Elarna as Miro put it was purely/simply a bookworm but was
happy and seemed pretty confident.
Alyna on the other hand unlike her father, she apparently
had no interest in marriage with Otto, in fact Natalia mentioned she seemed
more interested in our High Priest! Vaneer laughed awkwardly before trying to
divert the conversation away.
Each person gave Otto their opinion of whom he should marry
which ended up with Miro and Vaneer stating Elarna as Otto was interested in
her and it would be more a marriage of love than politics. Whilst Natalia and
Kyrander both backed Margo as she had a strong head for politics and would be
good for the kingdom whilst he was out exploring the land.
With an even tie the decision rested soley in Otto’s hands
and the poor lord didn’t know what to do, before retiring to bed Vaneer
suggested now was not the time to decide and that maybe he should take a week
to spend time with his suitors and then decide afterwards.
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