"And have you ever come to meet those curiously terrifying truths whom you have always known as fragments in passive cognizance, but when they are sewn together into a single piece of fact, the grand scheme of affairs is breathtaking?"
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The Official Chambers of the Magisterial Regent,
Crowning and Imperial Castle,
Kingdom of Tristendyre,
Even-tide,
The first Saturnday of the Second month,
XXI Year of Regency
Regent Jehoram paced his dimly lit Office Chambers in the rhythm of his tense nerves.
