"Merry meet, my fellow men and women of the great vampire kingdom," the presider spoke. "It is with a heavy heart that we laid to rest our beloved King and Queen tonight. Their deaths are a great loss to the vampire kingdom, just as the Crown Prince Dominick had been killed in his righteous battle for our people several weeks before this tragedy happened."
Murmurs began to rise in the palace halls. Each family who was convinced their tiny drip of blood relation to the dead monarchs could levy their way to the top were giddy. Only a select few were silent, observing the whole fiasco as it went.
"The King Raxus and Queen Zephyrine Ardorlean has now officially joined the Netherworld along their beloved son. This then brings us all here to convene who the next rightful heir to the throne is," the presider added.
