Post by brotigern on Jun 28, 2016 12:12:01 GMT
Rumours flit through the palace. Gwrtheyrn, after having fallen from his horse some time ago, had fallen into a deep sleep. Priests prayed through the nights, and learned men came to visit the comatose king, plying their trade. Aye, muttered Lords, what a shame, such a weak and plyable King. Who might his successor be? What sharp, possibly diligent wretch will follow in the place of this man who I could defraud of Aureii?
The answer came one morning. Dawn light bathed the palace, through an open porte, the sun smiled on the resting Gwrtheyrn. A maid came in, a pot of water in hand, ready to wash the king. She shrieked, and dropped the pot. His eyes fixed her with a glare, and the King sat up.
"Ale," he commanded.
Days went by, and supplicant Lords came to bow and scrape. Gwrtheyrn received them all, a sour look on his face. He'd slept, aye, but he'd heard all. He was changed. He had made his way through the world a kindly, laid-back fellow, though he knew all the world did laugh. Well, since he could not prove a lover, he'd be determined to prove a villain, and to hate the idle pleasures of this day.
He set to work in his treasury, determined to find who'd been loyal, and who'd been thief. Soon, he would march.
The answer came one morning. Dawn light bathed the palace, through an open porte, the sun smiled on the resting Gwrtheyrn. A maid came in, a pot of water in hand, ready to wash the king. She shrieked, and dropped the pot. His eyes fixed her with a glare, and the King sat up.
"Ale," he commanded.
Days went by, and supplicant Lords came to bow and scrape. Gwrtheyrn received them all, a sour look on his face. He'd slept, aye, but he'd heard all. He was changed. He had made his way through the world a kindly, laid-back fellow, though he knew all the world did laugh. Well, since he could not prove a lover, he'd be determined to prove a villain, and to hate the idle pleasures of this day.
He set to work in his treasury, determined to find who'd been loyal, and who'd been thief. Soon, he would march.