“Still smells like s*** and fish.” Gerald commented as they walked down the pier to Lani’s ship.  “What did you expect of a major port at the heart of a city?” Braydon asked. If there were no port, it would have just smelt like s***.  “Warships and gold plating?”  An obvious joke if one took a single look at the …

“You look as if you haven’t just spent half of the time here relaxing.” Gerald pointed out, he and Braydon looking out of a balcony over the city of Narabun. They had been there for the better part of 4 days and he was not wrong. For the most part, Braydon had not actually been talking with the Duchess Regent …

“Even if I say that, I cannot accept all of your merchants. It is not a matter of me not wanting to but a matter of the King’s trust. If I just let everyone trade between our countries then there is no point in the embargo in the first place. And I do not see that changing until one side …

“Were you bored without me?” Gerald asked Braydon when they met up in the morning. After the carriage had arrived the day before and Braydon went to eat with the Duchess Regent, Gerald had been led to where he would be staying. If a guest was to come to harm in her own palace that would be catastrophic for her, …

“Are you truly suggesting that? It is a bit more than blatant.” Upon receiving the slightly disbelieving look from across the table, Braydon smiled confidently. He had put forwards what he wanted, now it would be up to his skill and bluffs to make it through. “Re-appropriating my own belongings from the hands of dirty rebels? It is only a …

“You should be hungry after travelling all this way.” Alima stated more than questioned as they walked through the halls of the palace. Since leaving the carriage, their talks had been put on hold as they made their way inside. In fact, not a word had been spoken between them until her previous statement. “I suppose that a meal would …

“As I have previously stated in my letter, I wished to speak to you about letting Fiverian merchants start trading with Shuluk once more.” Braydon started out with the first thing that he had wanted to speak to the Regent about. “We are in a private carriage guarded only by people that I trust, can we not speak about the …

“The gardens may be on fire but the house still looks fine.” Braydon chuckled to himself as he and Gerald stepped down the gangplank. If one were unaware of the civil war in Shuluk and based their assessment of the country based on the view from the docks of Narabun, they would think it was a greatly thriving and prosperous …

“You know, Braydon. You should really stick around for longer than it takes for your ship to be ready some time. You’ll give a lady a bad impression if you are not careful.” Lani spoke to Braydon, once more on the dockside of Milmond. “I should have more time once I return from Narabun, though would you want me around …

“I have heard nothing but praises of your performance in patrolling my lands whilst I was away campaigning.” Braydon greeted Roan as he entered his main army camp. When he had it set up to protect the mines, it had been a somewhat temporary camp for his men to rest in between patrolling the borders and apprehending bandits at said …