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.
You grab hold of the bars of her cell and lean forward as close as you can. At your feet, Brute reaches a kindly hand through the bars and grabs a louse off her leg.
"How is't possible that you are here…that you are to be banished?"
She explains through her tears that the guards have found evidence fingering her as an accomplice to the poisoning plot. "They have me taking orders directly from agents of the Fein Empire, sayin' they orchestrated the whole regicide," she says, voice rising as she grasps the bars. "I've never met a living soul from the Fein Empire. Have you?