Daylight had just broken over the south when a scandal swept the capital city of Zanza.
Ra'ni Solena Tharwenn had been found in bed with her lover, Su'na Anthipeia's son mothered by his third concubine, and was rumoured to be pregnant with his child.
"Goodness, what in the world has come over our esteemed capital?"
"Do you really think nobles are pure and saintly just because they're nobles? The Eight Houses have more scandals between them combined than the entire country since its foundations."
"First it's the Su'Adrit, now it's Ra'ni Tharwenn. Ay, the end of days."
Of course, rumours were only rumours. The news had just broken out, and people were already drawing the wildest of conjectures.
"I heard Su'ni Tharwenn didn't want to marry her daughter to an illegitimate son, so she set up this scandal to force Ra'ni Tharwenn out of the marriage."
"What? But the marriage was conferred by the Su'Datheram himself!"
