Ch. 532 State of Zania part 2

"If I may your eminence."

"Go ahead."

With Elric's acknowledgment a lanky young man in his mid twenties dressed in travel worn rough burlap clothing, sporting disheveled sand colored hair and striking blue eyes stepped forward and gave a deep bow.

"I ask the court to forgive my appearance as I have traveled a long difficult road to appear before you today and lack the fancy clothes of nobility. I come as a representative of the Independent Nation of Zofaria located between Vellen Kingdom and the northern part of the eastern coast of Tera. We are a rather young nation that formed from a half dozen mostly nomads tribes banning together. Unlike most powers we do not have a single leader such as a king or queen. A group of twenty four elders jointly rule over us."