The Castle Court

[King Thedriol]

This is a place for merriment, meeting people, dancing, singing, listening to travelling musicians, and generally enjoying oneself. The Court Jester and minstrels here is highly recommended by the King and the other Royals, and festivities are always in high spirits with much wine being circulated. People from lands far away from the Golden Lands will be warmly greeted here, with an ongoing party that never stops.

Court Staff[/b]

Fire-dancer: Arella

[King Thedriol]

The King sat contentedly back in his throne, allowing himself a quiet chuckle every now and then as the court jesters, magicians and musiciens practised for the party ahead. Keeping one beady eye on the door as he waited for his daughter Kuna and the other guests to arrive, he took a goblet of wine from a passing servant and took a long draught.

Running an idle hand through his hair, he laughed loudly as one juggler threw some of the fruits he was throwing about to another, who someow caught them and proceeded to fling them through hoops of fire... It was a fantastic display.

[Liam]

Liam crept into the court wearing a blue satin tunic with, what he considered to be, ridiculously large sleeves. He decided that this outfit would make the best impression, and he counted himself lucky that he arrived just in time to attend such a grand event. Indeed the ball was magnificently arranged. Beautiful performers and tricksters filled the hall.

He stood stiffly while they announced him, at least now that he was older no one would mistake him for a girl when they heard his name, and began to weave through the crowed toward the king, wanting to introduce himself personally.

[Kai]

Kai walked hesitantly into the crowded room. He had cleaned himself up abit but once he saw everyone else he felt ridicuously embarresed. They were all dressed in beautiful gowns and suits and he......well....was wearing aveage clothes. He couldn't afford anything of their standards. He walked over quietly to the window and sat down. He felt like a black sheep in a flock of white. He stuck out like a sore thumb. The only reason he was here was because he had seen the signs everywhere for it and he was sure he would find Rogan somewhere. Unfortunately even if Rogan was here he didn't want to look because he would have to be seen by lots of people. He shifted uncomfortably and started to think
"What a lousy idea this was, sometimes I'm such an idiot. Not only am I an idiot but I look like an idiot too. Rogan isn't even here I should just go."
Deciding this was the best idea he stood up and headed for the door but he was caught in a group of dancers and ended up by the window. He gave up trying to get out for the moment and sat down.

[Kuna]

Kuna stepped out into the courtroom slowly. She was used to these kind of things but still she didn't feel comfortable. Taking a deep breath she walked in aware that most people wpuldn't even notice her. She felt happy in a blue dress and it was almost a tight fit andthe diamond necklace that hung round her neck was some sort of encouragement. She walked over quicky to her dad and whispered in his ear
"Father is this how you plan to find my guard? I'm not sure most people are here for that reason."
She smiled as some people began o talk to her. Answering quickly but polietly she turned back to her father. She had no reason why but just being here made her feel very uncomfortable.

[Rose]

Rose walked into the room, very aware of what kind of entrance she was making. Only a few people turned to look at her, which she was relieved about. The room was beautiful, and everyone in the room looked likewise, all of the ladies in fine gowns and jewels and the men smartly dressed. She wandered around for a bit, looking for someone she knew to talk to. Suddenly she saw Kai sitting on a nearby chair.
"Kai!" she called, hard to keep the relief of finding someone she knew out of her voice. The chair beside him was taken, so she remained standing.
"How long have you been here?" she asked, wondering what the time was.

[Liam]

Liam was about to aproach the king when the princess entered the room. Her beautiful eyes immediatly caught his attention along with her streaked hair. She had caught him of gaurd so now he stopped in his tracks.

'Wow' he said to himself.

[Father Luca]

Father Luca had heard about the party and decided to take a look and get to know the people in this place that he would be staying in for a while. He walked in, good thing about being a Priest is no one expects you to wear anything other than your Priestly attire, good thing too for there were so many people with expensive clothes on. He walked around the room a bit, having a glass of water as he avoided drinking other than during Mass. He smiled at everyone, some shocked to see a Priest, others delighted, and others indifferent. He chuckled at the court jesters, "Quite funny" he said to himself. Father Luca was a Priest, but he was not very much like the other Priests of the time, he was always open and very easy going, his somewhat liberal attitude made some other clergy disgruntled, still he maintained conservative on certain issues, and he was always so peaceful that it was almost impossible to argue with him. He was quite enjoying himself and hoping for some good conversation and to get to meet the people.

[cien]

Cien held Puru-puru, who was attracted by the various sounds and smells, down firmly. If not for it's almost perfectly spherical furry shape, she would have tied it to herself with a ribbon a long time ago. It would, at the very least tell when it had run off.

Glancing around, she spotted a few familiar faces : Rose and Kai being the foremost. She turned her head slightly to observe the king and someone who she supposed to be the princess. Tucking Puru-puru firmly into her pocket and buttoning it, she raised her eyeglass and peered through it for a moment before putting it on. At the same time, her conscience plucked at her mercilessly.

'How is it?' she wondered as she caught sight of the sky through the window,'that this place is so unaffected by the rest of the world?'

[Father Luca]

Father Luca continued to walk around the room, he noticed a lot of different types of people.

[Kai]

Kai saw both Rose and Cien approaching. He smiled at Rose as she stood in front of him.
"I've been here for a while now. I was looking for Rogan but I don't think he's here. Anyway how are you?"
He couldn't believe how relieved he was to see people he knew. He relaxed slightly taking his guard down. He was aware that someone was talking to the king and he guessed she must be the princess. He also saw Father Luca and was tempted to call out to him but felt that it wouldn't be the right way to act in a place like this. He stood up offering his seat to Rose.
"Do you want to sit down? I need to be pn my feet for a while I think."

[Rose]

"Oh, no don't worry" replied Rose, as Kai stood up " I think I'd rather walk around for a bit as well!"

Rose turned around to see Cien and waved, then caught sight of Kuna talking to the king. Rose had met Kuna at the stables, but had not then realised she was speaking to royalty. Kuna looked very different from when Rose had last seen her, still, Rose made up her mind to speak to her at some point in the evening. After all, she only looked different and that couldn't affect how nice she had been when Rose first met her.

She turned back to Kai,
"Maybe we should walk around a bit, after all Rogan might be here somewhere. This room is so big and there's so many people!" Rose began to walk away through the crowds of people, to a place where she could see Kuna better. She was talking to the King. Ok thought Rose Now I'm nervous... She turned to Kai for reassurance.

"Do you think I should go and talk to Pricess Kuna? I met her a little while ago at the stables although I didn't realise she was a Princess then... Am I allowed to just talk to her, or do i have to be introduced first?"

[Father Luca]

Father Luca saw Kai and rememberd him from the fields he walked over to him and said, "Hello, Kai wasn't it, how are you my brother?" "I thought I'd drop by and get to know some of the people around here, since I will be staying for a while."

[Khorren]

Khorren peered around the door. She wasn't usually so coy, but she wasn't used to large getherings of people. She drew up her courage and snuck in, hoping she wouldn't draw too much attention to herself. Her enormous two-handed sword, Teiden caught the light and shone like a headlight. Noticing this she shuffled over to the side of the hall where it wasn't so bright. She thought she might stay here until she felt more used to it.
There was a delicious fusion of the most wonderful smells and there was the gentle, albeit loud, murmur of a happy crowd. A small, demon-like creature slunk from her pocket and attempted to fly off, but Khorren caught it quickly by the tip of the tail and brought it back, sitting it on her shoulder and hoping it wouldn't do anything too mischievous. It had a habit of playing pranks on people, like setting fire to hems of skirts and such. It was kitten-like in appearance, but there was something slightly canine about it. It's tail was about three feet long and fluctuated in places like a feather. It bore two feathery wings, dappled in ginger, brown and black to match its toitoiseshell pelt.
Khorren hummed quitely to herself, petting the small creature as she did so, it emitted a soft recurring 'kluk', almost like bubbles were evanescing gently in it's throat.

[Kuna]

Kuna turned from her father and had a quick glance around the court. She saw Rose and some people standing near her and called out.
"Rose? Would you like to come over here? You may bring your friends if you want and please meet my father."
She smiled and suddenly became aware of someone else looknig at her. She looked over her shoulder. She saw a man looking at her. Not entierly sure what to do next she thought the best thing to do would be to ask him over.
"Excuse me did you want to talk?"

[Liam]

When the princess suddenly caught sight of him and then spoke, with such an angelic voice, Liam blushed and sputtered out a greeting while bowing at the waist.

Embarrassed he introduced himself. "I'm prince Liamdais of Aureate, called Liam." He then gathered up his courage,"I just wanted to say how beautiful you look tonight."

[Lady Brynna Halider]

Brynna stalked into the room, her head held high and her dark locks tumbling in shiny gleams down her back. She was dressed immaculately, in the finest silks and pearls her family had bought for her. Carrying a mahogany box lined with red velvet out in front of her, she walked slowly and steadily towards the King. Her parents had finally sent her to stay at the Court, bearing a gift for His Majesty.

She dared not look at anyone else, focussing only on the Kingdom's ruler, her eyes sharp and widened a little against the softened light of the room. To an observer, she was the calm, collected lady she should be, coming to offer her services to the King. But still, even she could not control the rattling noises the hinges on the box made as her hands trembled with nerves.

[Kuna]

"Umm well thank you...." Kuna was a little taken a back. "So what's Aureate like? I've never been there myself, in fact I'm not allowed to far from the castle. Which is why this ball was being held. The only way I'll be able to travel far is if I have a body guard." She smiled at Liam, "Oh and my name is Kuna."
She looked round to see how other things where going. Everything was going fine and there were plenty of new faces around. She looked forward to meeting them all and then stared out the window. It was a beautiful day and was secretly hoping to practise her powers soon but as of now there were more important things going on inside the castle.

[Rose]

Rose at first was slightly taken aback by Kuna's invite. She hadn't thought that she would meet the king tonight. She hurridley thought of something to say, something about best wishes from her household, or soemthing like that. Someone, a man, began to talk to Kuna, so her attention was diverted.

Rose turned to grin at Kai, who was being spoken to by a man she had never seen before. She smiled to herself. There were so many new people to meet at these social occasions, Amaryliss would have loved it. Rose decided to wait until Kuna had finished discussing things with the young man, who himself, was also dressed like royalty. Then again, almost everyone in the room had dressed up for this evening.

Instead, Rose tunred back to Kai and the other man, wondering how they knew each other.

[theprophet]

Without hesitation Cody Evans, armour shining bright in the torch light his eyes focused on the on the king. He walks noticing all the people noticing him. Its not easy being the only one with white hair and strange armour. His eyes lock with the king, then he breaks the gaze and looks at the princess then back at the king. He approaches the King's seat standing before him before getting to his knee. "My lord, my name is Cody Evans, I have journeyed long and hard. My tribe, the Colussos were wiped out by Tren and Rael armies. We waged war on them as they attempted to take our land. I am the last son of the Colussos. I have come seeking refuge. I am a capable warrior, and have skills that surpass many. I have no money but only a warriors creed. If your liege would so please let me be a refugee in your great kingdom until I can wage a personal war on the Tren and Rael armies. Your liege." He then stands his baby blue eyes never moving from the King's showing that he respects but is not imitated. A bold a brash young man Cody Evans is.