Sacrimony

PANEL 1: Cardenya, Ivory Palace - 5th Sign of the Healer, 3116AB

A green skinned woman in green robes with a green pointed hat holds an unrolled scroll in front of her. "Council, our deepest fears have come to fruition. This is a letter from the Tovials, requesting that Ravanna surrender Cardenya to them. They do not wish for a peaceful alliance, but complete control over the kingdom. If they must, they will march to war. What are your thoughts, council?"

PANEL 2: The woman faces a semi-circular table with six occupied seats. The occupant of one of the middle seats says "What a load of horse shit! Did we not give Ravanna the throne so this exact thing would not happen!?"

The person in the first seat says "Ravanna is far too stubborn to surrender."

The person in the second to last seat says "He was Aldenkirk's own Grand Herald! What more do they want!?"

The person in the last seat says "We stand no chance against the Empire."

PANEL 3: Close up of the councilors in their seats.

A yellow skinned man says "Adzynir is already allied with the Tovial Empore. If there is a war, we will march against Cardenya."

A pink skinned woman says " Garzau also has an alliance with the Empire and we are not breaking it."

PANEL 4
Zoomed out shot of the green skinned woman facing the council. "Going to war would be futile. In Ravanna's absence, I am authorized to act on his behalf and I will notify the Tovials of Cardenya's immediate surrender. Let us see what agreement they reach when he returns, but we cannot rule out the possibility of having to set up a new Holy Capital, elsewhere.