The Slave Princess Part 4
Anguish and loneliness Reign in my cloistered heart. I am the sea’s foundling, The orphan of the winds And Nature’s long-lost child. - The Canticle of Menkeret. The Lady Itelyssia, wife of our master Lord Heshuzius, may not be the most intelligent, beautiful or dynamic of women; neither is she particularly pragmatic or imaginative, but she does exhibit a degree of kindness rare amongst the Darrakhai. Compassion and imagination are indeed uncommon amongst the warlike Darrakhai,...