Adegar's Chosen

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A day had passed, then another, then another, and those days became weeks, and they would too become months.

 

The throne room was alight with music, song, dance, and merriment. The grand finale of Lifstala, the day of Courtship. Tomasz van ve Karoswald handed off his final card, and reached instead into his own pocket. There was his own card, Adegar, the Divine Cupbearer. It were a great irony to him, that of course the Royal Cupbearer received the card of Adegar. Somewhere, someone in attendance, would too hold Adegar, and they were chosen to dance together. He held no high hopes for who his match may be, after all, it were in the cards, and he would surely not reveal, not even to his own thoughtstream, how the recipients of each card had been chosen.

 

The Lord Palatine’s office had remained dimly lit since the arrival of news from Nilbud, and the Palatine himself had scarcely been seen by any of the Kingdom’s denizens since then. The faint flickers of light from the candles granted one only vision of the Palatine’s desk; whereupon very little remained, instead most of his belongings had been packed up into boxes, hidden in the darkness.

 

Venturing into that throne room, filled to the brim with shouts of different figures within the Haeseni Mythologie, and the band, consisting of Aldrik, Barbara, Bogdana, and Arjen (they would later go on to shorten the band's name), had begun playing many of their classics. Carefully did he navigate into the room, peering between his card and the gathered attendants.

 

If you were none the wiser, perhaps it was about now that you had expected the journey of Tomasz van ve Karoswald to near its end. That if he could not be at the side of Karl, then perhaps he would simply cease to exist, that the fields once more called his name. After all, his life so far had been carried by the efforts of that one man. 

 

Of course, he knew who had received Adegar. Though, if it were not for the fact that he had met her some hours prior, while spectating a session of the Royal Duma, then he likely would not have known her name. For a moment, he considered chickening out. After all, Lifstala were an event for the nobility to mingle, and he could not say that he felt at home in it, therefore his commitment to hosting rather than participating.

 

But it would not be so, such efforts could not bear to go to waste, and he had grown his own roots, deeply implanted in those who surrounded him.

 

But he didn’t. Instead, he prodded carefully, “Ah… Prevja, Evelina, was it?” The hint of a nervous smile on his visage, though she did not seem to notice. Instead, Evelina Irena Valkonen turned towards him, dignified as always. “Prevja, Tomasz!”He drew his card then, pointing it in her direction, “You have Adegar too, right?”

 

So Tomasz Karoswald sat in that dark office, at the desk whereupon very little remained. In the center of his desk were one thing, a card depicting Adegar, the Divine Cupbearer. The card had faded some with the years, having been carried around his pocket for about half a decade. But, in this moment, it seemed as though a light reflected off of it, and only he knew that he needed that light more than ever.

 

 

It is the utmost pleasure of Evelina Irena Valkonen and Tomasz van ve Karoswald to cordially extend an invite, not only to close friends and family, but to the entire people of Haense, to attend and celebrate their union. The hands of the couple are to be joined in holy matrimony Basilica of St. Joren and the Broken Chains.

 

After the ceremony, the final race of the 559 Haeseni Snailula One Championship, the Kastell Lesanov Grand Prix, shall be held in the throne room. Who will be crowned as the Champion of Snailula One?

 

His Royal Majesty, JOREN I, King of Hanseti-Ruska, and his royal pedigree @erictafoya

His Grace, ALRIC VAR RUTHERN, Duke of Vidaus, and his noble pedigree @GMRO

His Grace, SIGMUND LUDOVAR, Duke of Kvasz, and his noble pedigree @Legoboy7984

The Most Honourable, DAVYD COLBORN, Margrave of Kazan, and his noble pedigree @JuliusAakerlund

The Right Honourable, ANDREI & DIMA KORTREVICH, Count and Countess of Jerovitz, and their noble pedigree @Gandhi @Frawlic

The Right Honourable, DUNCAN BARUCH, Count of Ayr, and his noble pedigree @Pureimp10

The Honourable, KARL WEISS, Viscount of Novkursain, and his noble pedigree @CasChaos

The Honourable, NERIDA AMADOR, Viscountess of Zvezlund, and her noble pedigree @Melpomenne

The Honourable, SIFRÁ KORVACZ, Viscountess of Koppány, and her noble pedigree @Frawlic

His Lordship, VARON KOVACHEV, Baron of Kovgrad @Herod

Her Lordship, ADELINA VAN LEUVEN, Baroness of Furentaliz, and her noble pedigree @Dramatude

The Noble, ISTVAN IVANOVICH, Patriarch of House Ivanovich, and his noble pedigree @North

 

PERSONAL INVITATIONS

His Royal Majesty, King John II of Balian, and his royal pedigree @Andustar

The Oracle @ContestedSnow

Her Ladyship, Louna van Leuven @RingAroundRosey

Her Ladyship, Dszamila Korvacz @pomegrad

Her Ladyship, Erika Kortrevich @Toffee

Her Royal Highness, Milena Anastasya @MunaZaldrizoti

His Royal Highness, Sigmar Lorik @Halt

His Lordship, Anaksandr Amador @Koodini

Her Ladyship, Mikhaila Colborn @krispeechips

Her Ladyship, Caliope Colborn @HIGH_FIRE

Her Ladyship, Acelia Colborn @Smol

Her Ladyship, Primrose Kortrevich @LuxyLucy

Her Royal Highness, Mattea Asadha @tilly

The Racers of the Snailula One Championship,

The Members of the Aulic Council,

The Knights of the Marian Retinue,

The Brotherhood of St. Karl,

And every other citizen of Hanseti-Ruska.

 

Spoiler

4PM EST.

Saturday 8th of March.
Basilica of St. Joren and the Broken Chains, Haense.

 

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HIS EXCELLENCY,

Lord Palatine of Hanseti-Ruska

 

THE NOBLE,

Matriarch of House Valkonen