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kovach[ on the morning of the kidnapping, some time a little into the back-and-forth chaos of everyone's search, a message comes through after this conversation: ]
Clara and I spoke to the king this morning. Not exactly drowning in the most valuable information [ yes, it's a fish joke. ] but he did bring up a few things that might help with the missing queen and princess.
First, the last time he talked to the queen was late last night right before his bed time. Said that she needed to talk to the princess. They had a fight earlier related to the princess' toys and he figured the queen was gonna go apologize as per his recommendation. Can't guarantee that's what ended up happening between them, but that's his story on where she went. Didn't see either of them after that.
According to him, this toy was some pearl that ended up with them some four or five years ago. Seemed it was important enough that it pissed off the queen to see her daughter playing with it.
Second, we asked about potential enemies. Prospects for a kidnapping. Only thing he brought up were the stone-gazers. They're apparently a race that can turn others to stone and some decades ago, the old queen tried to maintain good relations with them which the current queen tried to uphold. Problem is, way the king talked about them, they're "too creepy" to even bother having an alliance. So some prejudices could have pissed them off. Maybe pushed them to take the queen to make a statement? Can't say I know the exact politics and there's no evidence other than the king's word to make them a suspect, but they still might be people of interest.
According to the king, they're in Beliandria Grave. A few hours away and some three thousand meters deep. Not exactly an easy trip for any of us, but maybe someone's got ideas if they want to poke around.
He did bring up some trident that was stolen by bandits some fifty years ago, belonged to the royal family and never found. He says it isn't special and probably unrelated, but it does make him suspect that someone pulled off the kidnapping to ransom for their jewels. Taking both a queen and a princess seems a hell of a risk for that, but can't fully rule it out either.
Clara and I spoke to the king this morning. Not exactly drowning in the most valuable information [ yes, it's a fish joke. ] but he did bring up a few things that might help with the missing queen and princess.
First, the last time he talked to the queen was late last night right before his bed time. Said that she needed to talk to the princess. They had a fight earlier related to the princess' toys and he figured the queen was gonna go apologize as per his recommendation. Can't guarantee that's what ended up happening between them, but that's his story on where she went. Didn't see either of them after that.
According to him, this toy was some pearl that ended up with them some four or five years ago. Seemed it was important enough that it pissed off the queen to see her daughter playing with it.
Second, we asked about potential enemies. Prospects for a kidnapping. Only thing he brought up were the stone-gazers. They're apparently a race that can turn others to stone and some decades ago, the old queen tried to maintain good relations with them which the current queen tried to uphold. Problem is, way the king talked about them, they're "too creepy" to even bother having an alliance. So some prejudices could have pissed them off. Maybe pushed them to take the queen to make a statement? Can't say I know the exact politics and there's no evidence other than the king's word to make them a suspect, but they still might be people of interest.
According to the king, they're in Beliandria Grave. A few hours away and some three thousand meters deep. Not exactly an easy trip for any of us, but maybe someone's got ideas if they want to poke around.
He did bring up some trident that was stolen by bandits some fifty years ago, belonged to the royal family and never found. He says it isn't special and probably unrelated, but it does make him suspect that someone pulled off the kidnapping to ransom for their jewels. Taking both a queen and a princess seems a hell of a risk for that, but can't fully rule it out either.
