Vulparan Family/Daario/The Pirate King's Study
| Roleplay from Aila Storme, Duchess of Perdan | |
| Message sent to All Nobles of Perdan (29 Recipients) | |
| The Pirate King's Study: A Manse By The Sea
A formerly seaside keep at the edge of the city towers above the buildings around it. Defensive walls built of dark granite stone surround an ancient collection of keeps and holdfasts cobbled together over time into the Ducal Palace of Perdan. During a normal day, the gates were open for trade, visitors and court appointments. The courtyards all buzzing with activity, knights and their retinues, servants, attendants, and nobles all going about their business in the city within the city. At its helm was the Duchess of Perdan, the one chosen by the Queen to keep it all running smoothly while she burdened herself with greater issues for the good of the realm. In the outermost holdfast of the Palace was a room build to face the West to catch the last bit of light any day had to offer. In the past the huge window at the back of the room had been sprayed with sea water and over decades had become clouded with salt. Since the changing of the land, the rains had washed it clean. It now looked over the realm of Alexandria. Sir Daario is one of Aila’s knights, as such he is treated with great care upon his arrival. His horse will be given royal treatment while he is attending his business, and castle staff give him a wide respectful berth in the halls approaching him only to ask if they can serve in any way. The Duchess has made it well known that upsetting her knights has grave consequences. When guided into the study by a familiar attendant, the knight will see his Duchess sitting at a desk far too large for her, in a seat that dwarfed her. It had been made for someone else, clearly someone far larger. Unlike most rooms the Duchess spends her time in this one is relatively plain and empty except for the furniture. Heavy oak shelves lined the walls and were gleamingly polished but nearly bare, with a small collection forming here and there. What decor was left was suspiciously nautical, Aila certainly didn’t look like a sailor. She looked more like a hunter, wearing riding leathers with her hair braided in a wispy windswept coil down her back. A pink tinge in her cheeks suggests she has just come inside from the chilly spring day- he has caught her just after a successful hunt and as a result; in a glorious mood. “Sir Daario” Gideon introduces the young knight to his equally young Duchess who stands from her desk with an uncharacteristically bright smile. “Come in, do you drink?” The best first question to always ask any nobleman. | |
| Aila Storme, Duchess of Perdan | |
| Roleplay | |
| Message sent to All Nobles of Perdan (29 Recipients) | |
| The Pirate King's Study: A Manse By The Sea
His stomach full with the gastronomic marvels the cooks at the Ducal Palace of Perdan, the young knight trailed the attendant silently - his mind not so restful in state as his body. The matters which brought him here upon the Duchess' invitation continued to weigh heavily on his mind, as they had done so for the past few days. Did I speak out of turn? Is my honour to be slighted? Am I the fool in all of this? A laughing stock for all the realm, the new Knight cast asunder by his Lady Liege? Am I dismissed away from my childhood home like a cur? What would my father make of this, of the prospect of Nascot, and of me? Thoughts raced almost uncontrollably: building and growing; and twisting and turning like a rouge wave in the midst of a most terrible storm. His mind felt ready to crash as Gideon opened the door. The Duchess he saw before him, however, as Gideon made introductions, was a picture of radiant calm - her pinked cheeks a lull in a storm, and her joyful mood a gentle breeze that fills the sails of a ship carrying its crew to harbour, to home. "My Liege, it is truly an honour," the young knight remarked reverently, a smile vanquishing the concerned frown that blighted his face and taking pride of place upon his lips. "Yes of course," he replied, a wave of comfort crashing over him - the offer of drink from his Lady Liege about as good as anything he had heard so far this past week. "Like any good man of Perdan," he added assertively, the faintest of smirks dancing on his mouth ever so briefly as he spoke. | |
| Roleplay from Aila Storme, Duchess of Perdan | |
| Message sent to All Nobles of Perdan (29 Recipients) | |
| The Pirate King's Study: A Manse By The Sea
She had laid eyes on this man before, he had attended the coronation and done well but they had never met up close. As she nodded to her attendant to serve them some drinks she sized him up in that particular way she always did. He was young, younger than her and while it was not by much, the Duchess -quite- exciting as it was a very rare thing. She finds his face to be unique in its own charming way, certainly not unattractive, and the rest of him made it easy to judge that he was probably a fine swordsman. He looked very strong. Gideon hands her a heavy cup filled with liquor, the drinks in the study were far stronger than her usual wine simply because she stocked the sideboard with what was always there, before her. Over the years she had developed a taste for it, though did not partake as much as she did with wine. As Gid moves to hand Sir Daario his own drink Aila snatches it from him and hands it to the knight herself, guiding him with a gentle hand on his shoulder to the old armchairs near the massive fireplace with its scarred up wooden mantle. A daily reminder to the staff of one of Aila’s worst tantrums. “Brandy” was all the little woman had to say about the contents of the cup. She hoped that it went without saying that it was the finest in the land. “Now I know you’re not here for this but I just have to say it’s so nice to finally meet the man behind those charming letters. It is so refreshing to meet a noble man who knows how to write properly to a Lady. After so many wars I fear it has become somewhat of a lost art among us.” She sits gracefully, maintaining a straight back and slanting her knees properly despite her hunting gear allowing her to do otherwise. With a gesture of her hand she motions for him to take a seat in the armchair beside her, between them is a little mahogany table covered in intricate carving work to to rest their glasses. “Please sit, and we will talk about this unpleasant estate business.” | |
| Aila Storme, Duchess of Perdan | |
| Roleplay | |
| Message sent to All Nobles of Perdan (29 Recipients) | |
| The Pirate King's Study: A Manse By The Sea
"Such kind words are unnecessary, my virtuous Lady Liege," Daario replied gently as he received the glass with a smile. By Leandra, he thought excitedly, a proper drink! "Proper etiquette is something that all nobles of our great realm - and indeed the continent - should embody in their every word, letter, and action, lest we descend into savagery like those marauders of Yssrgard." As he sat, the young knight unbuttoned the tight dark leather jacket that hugged his athletic figure, revealing the crisp, clean, cream shirt underneath. "Yes of course, my Liege," Daario said curtly as he relaxed deeper into the chair, swilling the brandy and taking ruminating sips as they spoke. As the topic turned to the more serious matter of the estate and oaths, his face lost a measure of the shine that Aila had bestowed upon it. | |
