CHAPTER FIVE “During the first years of Empress Rhiannon Kossi’s reign Ventra went through some drastic changes that were a radical departure from the way the Archigos had done things for many generations. Empress Rhiannon was credited for the shipping port in western Ventra, the creation of the Venturian Navy, and the ambitious project of building the third massive glass-domed housing structure in Màrrach.” —Ventra, Land of Ice and Warriors; G. P. Love T he weather stayed warm over the next two weeks, even up into Ventra. Shih ‘Ni continued to be in a foul mood and said very little to Rhiannon. Kyia was distant, and the one warrior and two warrioress’ that came with them did not have much to say to her either. Rhiannon was being chastised, she knew it. She could clearly see their side