Begin an ongoing tale of the past and politics, and add a new character to your deck.
Description[]
Pennants flutter from the Heron, West and Tilted Towers. Your guards' armor gleams. Inside, servants teeter on ladders to pluck the last cobwebs from the corners of the great hall, and polish each of the thousand windows of many-hued glass.
Amidst a blast of trumpets, His Dour Lordship of Alyons rides through the gates at the head of his retinue. He rules a neighboring province, and has arrived early for the Feast of the Divine. Dismounting, he kisses you drily on both cheeks. A narrow man, with drooping lips and a leaden sigh.
Available Actions[]
1.
Welcome him to Serault Despite your families' troubled past.
Result: The gift He nods, curtly. "The eyes of Orlais are on our little corner of it, and the best place for neighbours to stand is side-by-side." He claps his hands, and servants begin unpacking his baggage train. "A gift, from Alyons to Serault: supplies for the feast. Red onions and sweet peppers, fiery on the tongue. Wine - the Alyons black was shocking this year, so I brought a few casks of the '38. Such field mushrooms, wild fennel and cloves as we could manage from our meagre harvest. Ah, and a chest of Antivan olives, steeped in vinegar and stuffed with capers. I've a savage hunger for them; one of my innumerable failings. I had hoped to bring a consignment of black peppercorns from Caiman Brea, too, but the ship sank. All hands lost, along with every scrap of cargo. Typical."
+3 Viands, You may now encounter His Dour Lordship in the Happenstance Deck, or seek him out from the Hall of Glories card.
Adds The Dowager's Decline, The Dashing Outlaw Strikes Again, The Uprising, and His Dour Lordship to the Happenstance deck
