Breaknclopof
way from obscurity to royal acclaim as the King’s pet, beloved by all! As a talented young court fool with dreams of fame, scrabble with other young jesters to secure prestigious positions in the courts of Brenton's nobility. In a royal court humming with intrigue, keep them smiling as spies, assassins, blackmailers, ambitious nobles and a reluctant Heir wait in the wings.
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You're just getting settled and certainly not planning how to sneak some candied pears when a noise catches your attention…and a new, less appetizing scent follows it.
"Hoo hoo hoo hoo!"
"Oh hush. Hush with ye," another pair of laborers take turns saying, hefting an iron cage in their brawny arms.
"What are you doing?" you ask, quite pointlessly, as it becomes self-evident that the laborers are putting the cage in your cart. It's not the cage that startles you, mind you, but the being inside it…
"An ape?"
Yea Verily