Apparently, according to the expert, Prince Nayek was not dead, as earlier reported, and this created a three-way contest for the throne, between the princes Denori, Sferuk and Nayek.
“And they would go to war over this?” a senator from the central district asked.
An older senator said, “You would not remember the civil war in Arania after the defeat by our army and before King Orik came to the throne. They went through a blood bath of successive princes who each brought their private armies and absolutely slaughtered each other.”
Another senator added, “Arania has been spoiling to have a war for a long time.”
“At least ever since Orik sent us the turd,” a third senator said.
Yes, that object in its ornate box that stood in its glass showcase in the foyer outside Sady’s office. That h
