The participants had all gathered.
That's not entirely accurate, for not everyone had joined this crown decision. Or rather, there were not many monarchs who participated in the crown decision. According to Reines, at times like these, each faction would hand over their voting rights to the faction representative, and unless it was an exceedingly serious meeting, the likelihood of all members attending was not great.
Sitting to the left was a formally dressed elderly woman who looked quite advanced in years. Despite her apparent age, she radiated a vigor that did not match her years. She was the monarch of the Democratic Faction, one of the three great nobles, in charge of the Creation discipline—Inora Baneyreta Atorokhuom.
Next to this elderly woman sat a man whose stature was not as towering as Duanmu Huai, but was equally robust, with a head full of blond hair. One could even see the muscles bulging under his tight suit.