Bk 2: Chapter Six (7)

The gloom that rolled into Khul lasted for weeks. Nearby states watched as the Khul empire sent envoys to Juhntt as part of the grand empress dowager's last rights. Only then did news roll through, the grand empress dowager has died, they said. She hands the Khul Empire under the care of Lady Wickshire before her death. By the time word went around, the Khul empire's envoy, Prince Ru had arrived in Juhntt and was received grandly by the king and Queen of Juhntt.

The citizens in the Juhntt capital did not understand what was happening when foreign carriages and horsemen were riding into the capital. People watched this elaborate convoy in wonder. The horsemen looked to be covered in heavily decorated armour, from them to their imposing horses. They made their way towards the palace and were met halfway by the King's council.