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ID: IpalABkj/qst/6243967#6267822
6/30/2025, 12:30:12 PM
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6/30/2025, 12:06:52 PM
Sophia's grandmother, the queen, that is, had given her the puzzles. If she truly was as curious as your son had made her out to be, you would see if she was clever enough to solve them.
A runner you had sent bought them from a travelling peddler, and thus you had given her two dwarven puzzle-cubes, an elven puzzle in the form of an armillary sphere, and a set of intricate riddles to test her wit.
She wouldn't solve them all in one day, of course, not while there were so many guests and other children to play with. And so the gifts were all placed together in a corner while the children played, and you could go back to your nap.
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With the coming of the new year and the thawing of the ice, life began picking up its pace once more. Winter had been harsh the previous year, which had been a good thing, as the frozen rivers could support the heavy stones to be used in the building of the bridges. Their basic support structure was mostly complete, and work could begin on the rest of the bridge.
You had been riding along the old forest roads for a while now, seeing if the bridges would be complete on schedule; your father, the king, had been ill with a minor cold. And had asked you if you could check on the progress of the bridges thus far. While you had begun in the north, upstream from the city of Eisenhaben, you were now making your way down south, along the great forest.
You had already made visits to the bridges in the north and ones in the vicinity of Rittersbach; your next stop of importance would be the bridges to be built close to Tanzig and another one right on the doorstep of Ulrichsburg.
Spring had already brought back the green of the forests, but a cold wind carried from the coast made the journey unpleasant. That, and the fact that the roads that lead onto the plains were still muddy from the day before yesterday, made you and your retinue take a road deeper into the forest.
The lot of you went along your way; the wooded area made it so you couldn't pick up speed, but you made do. The trees shielded you from the wind for now; all in all, it was a peaceful journey.
Until
Hold!
A great, booming voice ruptured through the trees and shrubs. It brought all animals to a halt, though the men on them seemed to have no idea what was going on. It would seem only you could hear whoever said it.
Quickly looking around for anything – bandits, assassins, pranksters, anything – that could potentially mean you and your men harm, you didn't find anything, not anything human for that matter.
With a magnificence only heard of in legends, its snow-white fur, ivory antlers, and deep black eyes were a beast few had ever seen: The white stag appeared from behind a shrub. It looked most intently at you and then made a motion with its head, as if to say: come along and come alone. Disoriented, you blinked, and the beast was gone.
A runner you had sent bought them from a travelling peddler, and thus you had given her two dwarven puzzle-cubes, an elven puzzle in the form of an armillary sphere, and a set of intricate riddles to test her wit.
She wouldn't solve them all in one day, of course, not while there were so many guests and other children to play with. And so the gifts were all placed together in a corner while the children played, and you could go back to your nap.
__________________________
With the coming of the new year and the thawing of the ice, life began picking up its pace once more. Winter had been harsh the previous year, which had been a good thing, as the frozen rivers could support the heavy stones to be used in the building of the bridges. Their basic support structure was mostly complete, and work could begin on the rest of the bridge.
You had been riding along the old forest roads for a while now, seeing if the bridges would be complete on schedule; your father, the king, had been ill with a minor cold. And had asked you if you could check on the progress of the bridges thus far. While you had begun in the north, upstream from the city of Eisenhaben, you were now making your way down south, along the great forest.
You had already made visits to the bridges in the north and ones in the vicinity of Rittersbach; your next stop of importance would be the bridges to be built close to Tanzig and another one right on the doorstep of Ulrichsburg.
Spring had already brought back the green of the forests, but a cold wind carried from the coast made the journey unpleasant. That, and the fact that the roads that lead onto the plains were still muddy from the day before yesterday, made you and your retinue take a road deeper into the forest.
The lot of you went along your way; the wooded area made it so you couldn't pick up speed, but you made do. The trees shielded you from the wind for now; all in all, it was a peaceful journey.
Until
Hold!
A great, booming voice ruptured through the trees and shrubs. It brought all animals to a halt, though the men on them seemed to have no idea what was going on. It would seem only you could hear whoever said it.
Quickly looking around for anything – bandits, assassins, pranksters, anything – that could potentially mean you and your men harm, you didn't find anything, not anything human for that matter.
With a magnificence only heard of in legends, its snow-white fur, ivory antlers, and deep black eyes were a beast few had ever seen: The white stag appeared from behind a shrub. It looked most intently at you and then made a motion with its head, as if to say: come along and come alone. Disoriented, you blinked, and the beast was gone.
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