The next day, it was time to get to work.
Much to his surprise, countless aspirants, Squires, and Seniors had gathered before him in an enormous field, eager to gain his blessings.
The scorn that once lingered in their eyes at him was replaced with apprehensive eagerness.
They felt an instinctual disgust at his facial features, but tales of his extraordinary splendor that had all but blazed through the Martial Community of the Solaris Kingdom had earned him their sincere admiration.
The fact that he now had the blood of Solaris running through his veins also endeared him closer to the sol people. He was now, in some ways, a member of the sol race in their eyes.
More importantly, people sought power.