![]() ![]() Alec warns Richard to have nothing to do with the manipulations of one noble against another, and once again Richard wonders where Alec came from. When Richard is hesitant to accept the job, Ferris claims that the Duchess is his ally. Lord Ferris seeks out Richard to try to commission him to kill Basil, so that Ferris can inherit Basil's position of Crescent Chancellor. The High Council is led by Lord Basil Halliday, the Crescent Chancellor, who worries that the nobles have too much power over the common people. Currently, the Duchess is having an affair with Lord Ferris, the Dragon Chancellor of the High Council. Really the Duchess is a master of political scheming, and she takes several men into her bed, and under her wing, teaching them how to win politically, and using them for her own goals. No one knows that Richard was hired by the Duchess of Tremontaine, who pretends to be only concerned with being the most dazzling hostess on the Hill. ![]() Richard makes his living fighting duels for the honor of various aristocratic houses, in an archaic system of challenges and champions.Įveryone is gossiping about Lord Horn's garden party, where Richard shows up and kills two hired swordsmen. ![]() Vier is a swordsman living in Riverside with his lover, Alec. In a bustling, fairy-tale city, the aristocrats live on the Hill, while the poorest, and the criminal element, live in Riverside. ![]()
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